[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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