RE: Problem with 'target-new' property and alternative suggestion from Daniël Pelsmaeker on 2004-09-13 (www-style@w3.org from September 2004)

From: Daniël Pelsmaeker <daniel.pelsmaeker@zonnet.nl>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:12:35 +0200
To: <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <20040913161247.11889.qmail@postbode01.zonnet.nl>

Orion Adrian wrote:

> 
> I have to agree that rel="external" is a much more robust solution as
> I believe it should be up to the user through the client to make this
> kind of decision. We should be specifying things based on semantic
> classes. Have we not learned the lessons of the past?
> 
> Orion Adrian

I completely agree with this post, Sam Kearns' and Bill Talcott's posts.
rel="external" tells the browser the function of the link, and is a much
better way than forcing the browser to create a new form or tab.

Received on Monday, 13 September 2004 16:13:22 UTC