- From: Etan Wexler <ewexler@stickdog.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:00:01 -0500
- To: W3C HTML list <www-html@w3.org>
Joe Kaczmarek wrote: > That is a good reason for [opening] new windows, and that reason sounds > even better when you couple it with novice users. How many browsers > come with manuals? How many users read them? Opening links in new > browser windows when [one is] still reading the text containing those > links is a good idea, but how many novice browser users (like those > who purchase a personal computer just to "surf the web") know how to > open links in new browser windows? The real problem, then, is people's widespread ignorance of features of software that said people typically use. Can we fix this problem by catering to ignorance? I believe not. I have no pat answers for this problem, but I feel strongly that we should avoid so-called quick fixes, which too often are long-term impediments to real solutions. -- Etan Wexler
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