- From: P.H.Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:57:00 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> From: Lynn Stephens [...] > I suggest the prevalence of pop-up-stopper programs > alone should stop developers from opening links into a > new window. Lynn, two points. First of all, popup blockers only (to my knowledge anyway...but I'd be happy to be corrected) block windows spawned via javascript (and even there, some allow them if they're the direct result of a user action, e.g. clicking on a link). They do not block new windows that result from target="_blank". In any case, even if you do want to use the javascript method (more control over size/controls/etc of the new window - not that I'm advocating this particular use), you should provide a graceful degradation. Something like <a href="http://www.somewhere.com" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" target="_blank" title="go to somewhere (external link)" >go to somewhere</a> could be a workable solution. Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk
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