[thelist] RE: TARGET="_blank"

[iris]

i usually don't use target="_blank" because it
confuses newbies and people with disabilities, esp.
visual impairment.  veterans will know how to make the
decision themselves.

however, one site i'm working on contains a kind of
online course with some external links.  users might
want to have the course in one window and the external
site in another to switch back and forth easily.  

i code the text link normally, to open in the same
window, and put a small double window icon right
behind the text link with a tooltip and alt text "open
link in new window".  the icon is also explained in
the sidebar where the TOC links are (or will be once
the site is finished).

iris



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