Re: [webmaster] Opening links in new windows is irritating

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, Francis Irving <francis(at)flourish(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [webmaster] Opening links in new windows is irritating
Date: 2005-04-22 17:28:16
Message-ID: 200504221728.j3MHSGx00535@candle.pha.pa.us
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>This has been considered bad practice since at least 1999.
> >>>>>> 2. Opening New Browser Windows
> >>>>>> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530.html
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>An example is after searching:
> >>>>>> http://search.postgresql.org/www.search?ul=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fdocs%2F8.0%2Fstatic%2F%25&q=delete+from
> >>>>>>When I click on a link in the results, it has an _BLANK target, which
> >>>>>>should be removed.
>
> If navigation is done correctly then _BLANK should not be required. The
> only time _BLANK should be used IMHO is when the link takes you to a
> different site.

Right. I have seen that done.

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