- From: Sander Tekelenburg <st@isoc.nl>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:21:47 +0200
At 00:36 +1200 UTC, on 2007-04-30, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: [...] > If _blank is allowed, I would prefer the specification to discourage > authors from using _blank when another solution is practical (e.g. > using a <details> element in the original page) Yes, having the spec list common (ab)use cases and pointing authors to better options for those would be good. > , and encourage UAs to > indicate when a link will open in a different top-level browsing > context (e.g. by double-underlining instead of single-underlining). FWIW, iCab[*] indicateds such cases by a change of cursor upon hovering over the link. (You get the same cursor when you Cmd-click or Cmd-Shift-click the link, to load it in a new window on purpose.) This way you can keep such UA functionaility in the chrome -- no need to mess with the content's presentation itself. [*] <http://icab.de/> -- Sander Tekelenburg The Web Repair Initiative: <http://webrepair.org/>
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