Re: Why authors are using Transitional (and target="_blank")

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