RE: Opening new window?

> What do you guys think of having a link on your page open
> a new window versus opening the link in the same window.
> This is for links out of your site, not internal ones.

I think it depends on what kind of site you're talking about, and what kind
of link we're speaking of.

News sites (CNET's News.com or www.3dnews.net) should open a new window,
because you often have a few articles left to read, but you want to follow
the article to a bigger version, on another site, or open a page with a
description of a new product.

Pure reference sites (Microsoft Encarta) should also open in new window, for
reasons similar.

Links found on the controversed links page of a site should not open a
window. Most of the time, when you arrive at that part of the site, you're
looking for a completely new thing, or a different approach, you're leaving.

Internal references to your own sites are, (well, or so I wish!), obviously
in the same window.

I choose whether I open a new window, or I use the one actually opened,
considering two factors: Has the visitor finished looking at my site, is he
leaving? AND, mostly used browsers allow users to fire up a new window with
a simple right-click (although I can't say for anything except NN and IE,
most visitors can).

Just my two cents,
Christian Lavoie
UIN: 947212
E-Mail: clavoie(at)enter-net.com

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