- From: Peter Sheerin <pete@petesguide.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:26:07 -0800
- To: "Allan Clark" <allanc@caldera.com>, "todd fahrner" <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
> The point I'm trying to make is that this may be a useful addition to > the spec, since it allows links to affect other windows in a lightweight > browser that has no scripting. Granted, this should be "with the > permission of the user", but in a data element such as <A ...TARGET=..> > the browser can recognize this and perhaps check permissions to see if > this is permitted. > > It's clearly possible that the spec writers tried to get away from this > kind of trick, but this particular trick remains very useful and > light-weight. My understanding is that TARGET was removed from X/HTML strict because it is associated with frames. That's what it was designed for, in fact--the ability to launch a new window was a (very useful) side effect that I believe was inappropriately targeted for elimination as a by-product. But it also appears that frames have new life--in modular XHTML. That should make using TARGET OK again, and even validate.
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