- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:42:05 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Opening new windows in no way relies on javascript, and when javascript Need not, but in the real world does. Most windows are opened with href="#" onclick= or href="javascript:...", not with href="fallback URL" onclick=... or href="wanted URL" target="... (The # is literally a hash not a place holder in my example.) > The default behaviour in UA's that I know of is for the history to be > copied to new windows, therefore the back button will work, it has to be The default behaviour of the ones I use, including IE5.5, is to clear the history when the window is opened using the object model, or target=. IE5.5 does retain it when opened using the menus, but that is not we are talking about. The Mozilla's I've used clear the current URL and history when manually opening a fresh window. I haven't checked the behaviour for right click open in new window.
Received on Sunday, 15 September 2002 14:24:17 UTC