| From: | Francis Irving <francis(at)flourish(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [webmaster] Opening links in new windows is irritating |
| Date: | 2005-04-24 16:29:43 |
| Message-ID: | 20050424162943.GK4165@localhost |
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:28:16PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.
Since nobody seems to object, and quite a few people approve, could
you make the change, and remove the _BLANK?
Francis
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