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

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
Cc: Francis Irving <francis(at)flourish(dot)org>, "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: 2005-04-25 12:37:02
Message-ID: 200504251237.j3PCb2n23524@candle.pha.pa.us
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Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Francis Irving wrote:
>
> >>> 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?
>
> I object.
>
> When someone uses our search system (or any search system...), they will
> want to display more than one page, so opening the results in new windows
> is fine.
>
> However, if there were a tag that will force to open in new tabs, it would
> be better -- I love mozilla engines...

If I want to keep my current window position, I use Control-Click in
Mozilla on a link to open a new tab. I don't expect a link to open its
own window, and I don't know a way to prevent that in Mozilla.

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