- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:33:46 +0200
- To: hallvord@opera.com
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
hallvord@opera.com wrote: > I haven't checked the spec but this implementation for _blank isn't > going to be compatible with the web. I know because we (Opera) tried to > not set window.opener for a new window created by a _blank link - it > broke Google Docs' document manager screen interaction with the opened > documents. I tested this in Firefox, IE and Safari, and they also set window.opener, so this behaviour will need to be specced. I did check the spec, but I find anywhere that covered this issue appropriately. > If this is in the spec we had better drop it - perhaps a brand new > value like <a target="_standalone" href="..."> could do the job but > we can't change _blank. We don't need a new value for this because no-one has demonstrated that there is a real problem here that needs solving. Until that happens, coming up with potential solutions really isn't worthwhile. -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
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