- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:37:15 +0200
- To: Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 2010-06-17 20:19, Joe D Williams wrote: >> We see this all the time with the target attribute where authors who >> are concerned about validation do avoid the target attribute, but >> substitute it for a technique that bypasses the validator with the >> same result. > > That is a great reason to allow target='NewWindowName' as well as .js > open('NewWid=ndowName'. Most browsers will allow @target and can be > user-configured to open in same tab, or new tab, or to follow the > author's wish for a new window that is a child of the existing. Then we > can have a true multiwindow document which is a lot more fun than > multiple tabs. I mean the browsers are rigged for it, so why not? Yes, that is exactly why target is already permitted, and why I picked that as the example. -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
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