[thelist] Why target="_blank" is evil

Morbus Iff morbus at disobey.com
Thu Dec 14 11:17:05 CST 2000


 >This is an interesting idea and I've seen it done. I think it's a pretty
 >good compromise however, it can be frustrating if you visit a site
 >repeatedly to remember every time to check that little box to do what you
 >want it to do.

Heh. Guess we gotta slop a cookie feature onto the TODO then, eh? <g>...

 >>    d) Popup a frame set instead of a new window. The new site
 >>       will load in the bottom frame, the top frame will include
 >>       "remove frame", "back to company xyz" and so forth.
 >>       Frames are evil though, so this may be worse.
 >
 >Frames are not evil but this is a horrible idea.

Hey, I hate frames, my opinion, as is typical. I've seen the above happen 
on a few sites, the most recent being gamers.com when they link out of 
their site. I find it more annoying then anything - I'm always clicking 
"remove frame", and then to spite myself, hit the back button.

 >I use target="_blank" frequently on my personal site because that's how I
 >like to surf. I tend to right-click on anything that looks interesting and
 >"open in new window" and let it load while I finish reading the document. I

Same here. Why don't you use shift-click though?

Morbus Iff
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