Re: New Browser Window Link problem

by Kid Stevens <Kidstevens(at)comcast.net>

 Date:  Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:36:16 -0600
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
 References:  rudy
  todo: View Thread, Original
I copied that directly from one of my websites which works everytime.  IE5,
NN6 and up on Mac and UNIX, it works just fine.  Anyone with Sun's Java
will work it is in the.

He was asking to solve a target=_blank problem  and target=_anything is
gone in HTML 4 specs.

As for Rude, are you the Rude Police?  Popping up stupid little adds is
rude.  Popping up information is not.

I don't care to go to your website to see your point there only needs to be
one standards organization.  Funny too that having a visible close button
with an access key access and speakable meets all requirements

As the words of rudy fell from above I was tickled at 5:20 PM -0400 on 7/8/02:
><a onclick="javascript:window.open('http://www.fatherhood.org',
>'FatherHood','width=auto,height=auto,toolbar=1,location=1,directories=1,sta
>tus=1,menubar=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=0')" href="javascript:void(0)">
>Fatherhood</a>
>
>dear kid
>
>width=auto,height=auto??  do you know offhand which platforms interpret
>this as meaning fully maximized?
>
>and what happens if javascript is off?  the way you've coded the href,
>absolutely *nothing* happens, which, to put it politely, is rude to the
>users
>
>have a look at
>
>   Links & JavaScript Living Together in Harmony
>   http://evolt.org/article/kid/17/20938/index.html
>
>> Does anybody know the best way to get a new browser window
>> (i.e. a "target=_blank" link) to come up in a window that is 100%
>> *no matter what*?
>
>jeremy, there is no "best" way -- there is *no* way to guarantee it
>
>besides, opening a second window is problematic from an
>accessibility/usability point of view
>
>again, for many internet users, it is rude
>
>see http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/07/01.html
>
>
>rudy
>http://rudy.ca/

-- 
Sincerely,
Kid Stevens

"A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch.
Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision."
 - Benjamin Franklin

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