- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:24:00 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > Won't this just lead authors (who care about conformance) to use > window.open(), with equally bad results that it's harder for the UA to > control? I also made it non-conforming for window.open(). > This move seems to be taking the opposite of the logic behind the ping > attribute. Indeed. > One valid reason to use _blank instead of a named target to open a new > window is the fact that the top-level frame namespace is global, and you > don't want to collide with windows opened by other web apps, or even > other instances of your own web app. Also true. These are strong arguments for putting _blank back. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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