- From: Daniel Schattenkirchner <schattenkirchner.daniel@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:51:54 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
Henri Sivonen wrote: > That's *precisely* why HTML5 should *allow* target='_blank'. When the > easily detectable way of doing something that you don't want authors to > do but they want to do *anyway* is conforming and supported by browsers > by default, it is easier for you to take counter-measures than it would > be if the authors used something less easy to detect and counter (such > as window.open()). I didn't intend to oppose _blank's specification. It should be defined anyway. Sorry, I was unclear. FWIW, I did a short test and window.open (with _blank), when it is detected, is treated almost exactly as the the HTML attribute by most modern browsers. Of course, it was no in depth test. ds
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