- From: yoan SIMONIAN <yoan.simonian@snv.jussieu.fr>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:13:58 +0100
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
if find this source code and i think its work evrywhere IE, Lynx, JAWS, Mozilla &co, Netscape ... <a href="test.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'example', 'height=200, width=400, top=100, left=100, toolbar=no, menubar=yes, location=no, resizable=yes, scrollbars=no, status=no'); return false;">example</a> yoan SIMONIAN Association BrailleNet - France - >"Forget everything you know about creating pop-up windows. Most >importantly, forget you ever knew that the javascript pseudo-protocol >ever existed. Do you hear me??" > >http://www.youngpup.net/?request=/news/2002-1.xml#2002-01-08-1 > >Looks like a good method to me. Pop-ups when supported, same window when >not. The rest is down to the conscience of the developer not to abuse. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On >Behalf Of William R Williams >Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:58 AM >To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org >Subject: Re: opening new windows > > >Is this to say that the "Perfect Pop-up," as reflected in the "Pop-up >Window Generator," is problematic? This generator, which is impressive >to >me, is online at: > >http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/pop-up-window-generator.asp > >.. . . and I've used it to present several "pages" at: > >http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/draft-seis/appendixa/index.htm > >Bill Williams > >I know that it's not good practice to open new windows but I think that >there are instances where it is valuable from a usability point of view. >Currently I am working on a help system for an intranet and want the >help >page(s) to open in a new window (with the necessary prior warning to >users >of course) so that users can work through the help page whilst still >looking at the site. My questions is, since the use of target is >deprecated, how is it possible to open a new window without the use of >javascript? I don't really want to use client-side scripting if at all >possible but can't see any way round this problem. > >thanks > >Julian
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