That has to be just about the nastiest version of all - I click a link and get a new window. Fine, not what I wanted, but there was that other link that looked interesting, I'll just go back to the first window and open a few more links before I read that page. Hey! Where did they all go!
Number one rule of interface design - be consistent. In this business that means being consistent with what others are doing === follow web standards === no new windows. Mike >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sparber >Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:45 PM >To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org >Subject: Re: [WSG] Using target="_blank" > >From: "David Hucklesby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Hmm. What's "easy to use" when you wind up with a bunch of spawned >> windows that must be closed one by one? > >I'm not advocating popup windows, but with a simple script is >very easy to open popup windows while reusing the same window. >That is, maximum number of windows possible (not counting the >main site window) = 1. > >-- >Al Sparber - PVII >http://www.projectseven.com >Extending Dreamweaver - Nav Systems | Galleries | Widgets >Authors: "42nd Street: Mastering the Art of CSS Design" > > > > >******************************************************************* >List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
