> From: "Rob Smith" <rob.smith at lexjet.com> > > One of the owners came down and asked a simple question. Why don't we > have the .pdf's open in the same window? > > What's your experience on this topic? Ironically, my contribution is a PDF! TandemSeven have a whitepaper on common portal design mistakes. Mistake #7 is not using an "airlock", a way of preparing a user that they are about to change environments. http://www.tandemseven.com/pdf/T7_Seven_Common_Mistakes.pdf Using an airlock also allows the user to decide whether the PDF should open in a new window or not. Airlocks allow future-reuse, you may want to offer the same article in several formats one day. - LK -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10