| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| 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 17:24:01 |
| Message-ID: | 42693331.7070902@commandprompt.com |
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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