What would you like your users to know (was: Another W3C strict query)
by Andrew McFarland <aamcf(at)aamcf.co.uk>
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At 10:30 25/05/02 -0700, Larry Coats wrote:
>You can expect this type of behavior especially from novice and casual users.
The back button is the second most used navigation tool; all but the most
novice users will have some experience with it. By opening links in a new
window, you are forcing the user to learn something about using the
interface for your site (which is, in general difficult because they don't
spend much time there) and are breaking the interface of their browser
(which they will, in general, know much better than the interface to your
site).
If you feel that your visitors may not know how to open links in new
windows, tell them. That way they get to learn about their browser which
means they will use the Internet a little better, and they have the option
of opening the link in a new window if that is what they want. Always give
the user the choice.
I'm going to write some boilerplate text that people can use for this sort
of thing: "To open a link in a new window...." Apart from opening the link
in a new window, and using the back and history functions, what browser
tips would people like to give their users?
Andrew
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