Re: Validation error frequencies (target="_new")

Philip Taylor <pjt47@cam.ac.uk> hodd gsachd:

> On 04/02/08 20:57, j.j. wrote:

>> Browsers handle target="_new" same as target="xyz".
>
> Firefox handles target="_new" specially like target="_blank".

Indeed, I see now and ask me why. This isn't Netscape2,3,4's original  
behaviour and seems like a bug to me.

> _new seems to be used quite commonly

Yes, but my assumption is: Authors do it by mistake and a validator  
warning to use _blank instead would be helpful.

j.j.