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Re: target attribute of anchor tags

From: Andrew McFarland <andrew.mcfarland@unite.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 15:18:06 +0100
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To: www-validator@w3.org

At 15:04 08/08/2002 +0100, Philip TAYLOR [PC87S/O-XP] wrote:
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>Note that I'm talking about Windows /qua/ Windows here, not about web
>browsers under Windows, but if the latter are forced to open everything
>in the same window so as not to disadvantage the blind and partially
>sighted, then logically the former would be as well.

Most of the time  there is a clear distinction between starting another 
application and visiting a new page. The former represents a completely new 
task and it is expected that a new window opens. The latter is a 
continuation of a current task, and new window opening will confuse users.

Andrew

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