I’ve been doing some reading tonight and apparently one of the reasons link targeting doesn’t exist in XHTML Strict is because, according to the W3C and people like Jakob Nielson, link targets hurt website navigation and usability.
So having shared that, I’m curious to find out what your thoughts are on this topic. Do you use link targets or not, and why?
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By the way, this is a good read from Jakob Nielson on what he thinks are the top 10 website design mistakes: Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design
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Here’s another good article on this, albeit a little dated, but what is even more interesting are the comments at the very bottom from actual website developers. Another good read.
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Walter, if you get some time I’d like to get your opinion on this please. Thanks!
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I don’t care for the new window behavior, and rarely use it except under duress. I prefer personally to use the Command key when I want a link to open in a new window or tab, and to not have the choice forced on me. If a client asks for this, I extent the links with the “rel” attribute, as in rel=“external” and then use (Prototype-flavored) JavaScript to open the new window:
$$('a[rel="external"]').invoke('observe', 'click', function(evt){
evt.stop();
window.open('popup',this.href);
});
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On Feb 13, 2012, at 1:04 AM, RavenManiac wrote:
Walter, if you get some time I’d like to get your opinion on this please. Thanks!
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