Re: Using XHTML Strict Reference material

At 06:59 27/02/02 -0800, Kehvan M. Zydhek wrote:
>Your collection is quite nice, and a definite help for those of us just
>beginning the journey down the path of XHTML-compliance.

Thanks.

>I have a suggestion regarding the STRICT removal of target (at least
>target="_blank") from anchors...
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I'm not keen on this. Getting any sort of JavaScript new window 
functionality is tricky, and in general is a barrier to usability. Its 
depressingly common for clients (ie the people that pay us, not the kind of 
client that talks to a server) to want all external links to open in a new 
window. I feel it is better to say at the top of a links page "To open 
these links in a new window blah blah blah" rather than forcing a new 
window on the user. That way you give the user the choice, and you are also 
educating the user about how to use their browser, thus making the world a 
slightly better place :-)

Andrew

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