On Tuesday 24 July 2007 23:49, Ryan Lin wrote: > Hi all, > > With the XHTML Strict DTD, forcing a new window to open for a link via > target="_blank" is not a valid semantic method anymore. I myself believe > that whether to open in a new or current window should be user decision, > not wed designer/developer. If I am using Strict DTD, the only way to > achieve opening the new window is through JavaScripts. > > So what argument should I give to my clients not to use target="_blank" > ? If I say that won't validate your page, they won't care. So any > non-technical argument that I can give to them? > > Ryan > >
The argument must be why you are using the XHTML Strict DTD, not about one small component of XHTML Strict. What is interesting though is that HTML 5 is keeping the target attribute: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#valid8 -- Regards, Steve ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
