[vox-tech] Firefox - Web driving me batty

[Ken Herron]

--On Monday, August 23, 2004 09:39:35 AM -0700 Bill Kendrick 
<nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> I'm curious as to why people (1) insist on making links open in new
> windows these days (what with middle-click opening in new tabs and
> windows when the /user/ wants them to), and (2) continue to use
> Javascript to do this junk when there's a perfectly good HTML attribute
> ('target="_new"') that you can give an <a href> tag.

(1) The browser used by probably 90% of all web surfers doesn't support 
tabs, or even something like middle-click to open in a new window.

(2) Javascript's window.open() function gives you more control over the 
new window. You can specify its size, suppress the normal browser 
controls, etc. Some web authors probably see this as useful.

In any event, the link in question submits the form located just below 
the link. If they'd done it the normal way, with a button to submit the 
form, middle-click on the button still wouldn't do what you want.


-- 
Ken Herron