[thelist] XHTML 1.0 and target

Christian Heilmann codepo8 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 8 17:19:22 CDT 2006


> This is for "external links" -- the client wants them to open in a
> new window.  Personally, I think it should be up to the user to
> follow links as they see fit -- I hate it when new windows open, I'd
> rather control that myself as the end user.  I might want to open it
> in a new tab, for example.

^ this

to please your client, use JavaScript.

Done to death:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/pop-ups-dead-links
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=target+in+xhtml&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

My personal opinion: XHTML does not expect several windows or frames,
so don't use XHTML when you want to use several windows.


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Chris Heilmann
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