On 29/12/2011 18:02, coder wrote:
I don't say having windows all over the place is something great per se, but I do say that for most applications on a PC it is a <em>very</em> tidy and very convenient way of handling masses of data which is related (like my analogy of a web page in Dreamweaver or similar - I have my markup in one window, my CSS in another, my file list in another frame and my output in a browser etc etc etc.) Similarly, with mail, I sometimes want to compare different mails so I need two (or more)open in their own windows, whilst my 'list' of mails is displayed in another frame as indeed are my contacts. And so it goes on. So, to move to your specific point, it is needed sometimes to have a separate window - as a pdf, for example. In these cases, the less PC literate amongst us (who outnumber the literate by a great deal) have to be catered for - I do this by making sure that if a new window is needed, they know this because it tells them before they click.
But if I remember correctly, the thread starter asked about opening external websites in new windows. And this goes back to the heart of the matter: it's not necessarily about masses of data to compare, or contextual information that needs to be seen in parallel, or even PDF (which, depending on browser settings, may even open directly in Acrobat Reader for some users, meaning they're potentially left with a new, yet empty, window/tab). It's about the assumption that "visitors won't want to leave MY website, I want to keep them here...let the external link open somewhere else".
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