- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:16:50 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Simon Pieters wrote: > > In http://forums.whatwg.org/viewtopic.php?t=185 it is proposed that > authors should have the ability to suggest that links open in new > windows and new tabs. The suggested solution is to introduce a new > browsing context keyword "_tab". > > Use case for opening a new window with specified size: help popup. > > Use case for opening a new window without specified size: print page. > > Use case for opening a new tab: links in GReader for later reading. > > Demand for this feature: http://www.google.com/search?q=_tab In general, it's best to let users decide where the link should open. In cases where the author really wants to open a new top-level browsing context, _blank already provides that option. Help popups are probably better done using inline floating iframes inside <aside>. Browsers having tabs, windows, or any number of other UI constructs should not be an issue that Web authors need to deal with. Thus, I don't think _tab makes much sense. [snip a number of arguments much like the above] -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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