[thelist] Is Target dead
David Dorward
evolt at david.us-lot.org
Fri Jun 18 01:59:18 CDT 2004
On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 00:17, Chris Price wrote:
> I recently attempted to validate an XHTML1.0 strict page with W3C and it
> winced at Target so I got the page to open in a new window using JavaScript.
>
> Am I right in thinking that target can only be used with a frameset dtd.
No, Transitional.
> This being the case I will not be able to open a page in a new window using
> html.
This is good. Usability studies almost inevitably come to the conclusion
that new windows are harmful (and lead to panicked users wondering why
their back button is greyed out).
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David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
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