- From: Daniel Schattenkirchner <schattenkirchner.daniel@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:54:03 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
Karl Groves wrote: (Sorry if this E-Mail was sent twice, I've used the wrong account). > I know this is venturing a bit off topic, but in usability studies, people actually get lost after new windows are opened. In other words, it has the exact opposite effect than what you desire. I'd like to support this direction of the topic. Since I've switched to Firefox in late 2004 I configured it to open everything in the same window/tab. I've never missed the behaviour of links opening in a new window since then. If it'll be added as conforming authors should be discouraged from using it. I know that window.open() works differently, but I don't think that it's a bad alternative. However, I can see that there's a desire to include it as part of the core language. As a sidenote, at least by german law there's no difference if a link is opened in the same window/tab or a completely new one (which is one of the main arguments I hear why target is used). ds
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