[thelist] Why target="_blank" is evil

[A. Erickson]

>  >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>...

Maybe -- it's all about compromises. :-)

>  >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.

AskJeeves does that. Irritates the snot out of me.

>  >"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?

Apparently because I am an idiot. That's a neat trick! *sigh* Another day,
another thing to learn.

- amanda