[thelist] Targeting Mozilla tabs

[Bill Mason]

At 10:48 AM 06/17/2002, Eric Means wrote:
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:         Peter-Paul Koch [mailto:gassinaumasis at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:35 AM
> > To:   thelist at lists.evolt.org; hwg-techniques at hwg.org
> > Subject:      [thelist] Targeting Mozilla tabs
> >
> > As you know the lastest Mozilla releases have tabs built-in, so that you
>can
> > have several pages in one screen. Very nice functionality!
> >
> > My question: is there any way to instruct the browser to open the page in
>a
> > new tab instead of a new window? Kind of like 'target="_tab"'?
>
>Seriously, though, I think the most sensible answer is the same common-sense
>one that goes for new windows: don't do it.  If the user wants a new window
>or a new tab, they'll know how to go about making it happen.  And for users
>who don't want a new window or tab (for instance, those of us Moz users who
>hate tabs and MDI in general), they won't have to curse at you every time
>they click a link.  :)

I personally doubt I would want to use such code, anymore than I use MS's
_search target (or whatever it is that opens results in their search pane).

But I filed an enhancement request in Bugzilla to see what kind of response
the powers-that-be would make.  Feel free to vote for it if you wish.
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152358

Bill Mason
Accessible Internet
evolt at accessibleinter.net
http://www.accessibleinter.net/