Re: Problem with 'target-new' property and alternative suggestion from David Woolley on 2004-09-13 (www-style@w3.org from September 2004)

From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:16:20 +0100 (BST)
To: www-style@w3.org
Message-Id: <200409132016.i8DKGKN00767@djwhome.demon.co.uk>

> I agree; whether a link leads to the same server or a different one is 
> already determined when a URI is parsed by whatever function or method a 
> client uses to respond to a click on a link.

In general, that is not true, as browsers will forward the URI to
a proxy and only the last proxy in the chain need actually resolve the
address.

Received on Monday, 13 September 2004 20:24:45 UTC