- From: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
- Date: 08 Aug 2003 16:50:01 +0300
- To: mcornet@student.fsa.ucl.ac.be
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 10:33, Matthieu Cornet wrote: > I wanted just to send my thank you for your link > checker, very very very useful! Thanks! > The only negative point I have is that it'll be > interresting that the link checked open in a new > window, because if it doesn't, the web page open in the > current search window and all the work already done has > to be remade... My personal opinion is that the user should be able to control where the links are opened into. I'm not aware of a browser that can display multiple documents simultaneously but would not provide the option to open any link in a new window (right-click->open in new window, or middle-click etc). On the other hand, the opposite isn't very widely possible; ie. many browsers won't allow users to disable "pop-up" windows. For more information, see eg <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#tech-avoid-pop-ups> and <http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-WCAG20-20030624/#consistent-behavior>. Of course, there /could/ be an option in the input form whether links in the results page should be opened in new window(s), but then again, see "The Question of Preferences" at <http://ometer.com/free-software-ui.html> :) Cheers, -- \/
Received on Friday, 8 August 2003 09:50:05 UTC