- From: Mike West <mkwst@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:38:41 +0100
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
- Cc: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>, Brian Smith <brian@briansmith.org>, Francois Marier <francois@mozilla.com>, "public-webappsec@w3.org" <public-webappsec@w3.org>
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Martin Thomson > <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote: >> It seems like the right thing to do would be to remove rel=noreferrer >> eventually, so being able to ignore it is easier than describing a >> combination rule, or any rule where it takes precedence. Both make it >> harder to have it disappear. > > No, rel=noreferrer disables window.opener. We don't want to lose that. In combination with `target="_blank"`, it also moves the target into a fresh new process (in Chrome). It wouldn't be a bad thing to explain this magic in some way that doesn't require developers to dig through user agent's source to figure that out, however. -mike -- Mike West <mkwst@google.com>, @mikewest Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, Germany, Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg, Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails. Bleh.)
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