[thechat] rebel without a clause

Tony Crockford tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Wed Oct 30 05:28:01 CST 2002


> Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> > So, I have a thumbnail image on a page full of text.
> >
> > I link the thumbnail to a bigger image. (no tricks just a
> plain vanilla
> > link)
> >
> > I announce that clicking the thumbnail will lead to the
> downloading of a
> > larger 600px by 1000px image with a filesize of 500k, if you
> > rightclick/shift-click-on-a-mac you can get it in a new window.
> >
> > You click it and you get the image displayed by your
> browser, you have
> > to use the back button to get back to the original page.
>
> I right click on it and move the mouse up, thus it opens in a
> new tab of
> my browser. I keep surfing, very happy. Otherwise, if you use
> target=""
> for opening new windows, I get a new window which I can use, but am
> pissed off at you, and if you're using javascript, I get a blank tab,
> and don't bother opening any of your wonderful creations,
> merely because
> of that design decision.
> --
> Lach

Okay, I decided, with help, that javascript powered pop ups are an
unnecessary evil and are no longer a part of my design.

Let's hope the client will accept that too....

Thanks

Tony




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