Comments on: How to make a link open in a new window with XHTML http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/ A web, games, technology, programming and SEO blog by Justin Cook Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathan Phillip Brink (binki) http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/comment-page-1/#comment-157321 Nathan Phillip Brink (binki) Sat, 28 May 2011 05:18:09 +0000 http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/#comment-157321 I like the idea of links always behaving in the same manner. Modern mice have the third middle-click button which every browser understands to be `open in a new tab'. I first came upon this page trying to find out if the XHTML standard provided an alternative for the target attribute, but I see from the article that it is not supported and that's fine with me. If a click-path leads a user to another page, the page he came from should be accessible and navigable-to enough so that the user can return to that page later if he was actually interested in staying. If a site needs to display more information than in just a title attribute, it should probably be using some sort of jQueryUI popup or in a styled expandable helptext area. Requiring a whole new tab/window for that sort of thing makes it harder for the user to look at both the helptext and the form he's filling out at the same time. I.e., users should not be forced to user their window manager's positioning features and browser's tab detachment support just to get both the form and helptext displayed simultaneously. I like the idea of links always behaving in the same manner. Modern mice have the third middle-click button which every browser understands to be `open in a new tab'. I first came upon this page trying to find out if the XHTML standard provided an alternative for the target attribute, but I see from the article that it is not supported and that's fine with me. If a click-path leads a user to another page, the page he came from should be accessible and navigable-to enough so that the user can return to that page later if he was actually interested in staying.

If a site needs to display more information than in just a title attribute, it should probably be using some sort of jQueryUI popup or in a styled expandable helptext area. Requiring a whole new tab/window for that sort of thing makes it harder for the user to look at both the helptext and the form he's filling out at the same time. I.e., users should not be forced to user their window manager's positioning features and browser's tab detachment support just to get both the form and helptext displayed simultaneously.

]]> By: Zst http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/comment-page-1/#comment-156973 Zst Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:01:32 +0000 http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/#comment-156973 if you are using jQuery, you may replace all script with $('a[rel=external]').attr('target', '_blank'); if you are using jQuery, you may replace all script with
$('a[rel=external]').attr('target', '_blank');

]]> By: Shout Abyss http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/comment-page-1/#comment-156295 Shout Abyss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:47:26 +0000 http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/08/30/how-to-make-a-link-open-in-a-new-window-with-xhtml/#comment-156295 When the XHTML standards were devised, who was it that sat in their ivory tower and decided what behaviors were acceptable and those that were not? Why not let web site producers decide for themselves which behavior they prefer? Why deliberately limit the technology in the name of an idea and forced standardization? I understand the goal is for web visitors make their own link clicking decisions, i.e., stay in the same browser window or right click and select "Open Link in New Tab." Not all web browser users are that savvy, though. Also, ecommerce merchants like the option of selecting the behavior that they *think* might encourage visitors to stay on their site. So thanks for this solution. I tried it and it works great. When the XHTML standards were devised, who was it that sat in their ivory tower and decided what behaviors were acceptable and those that were not? Why not let web site producers decide for themselves which behavior they prefer? Why deliberately limit the technology in the name of an idea and forced standardization?

I understand the goal is for web visitors make their own link clicking decisions, i.e., stay in the same browser window or right click and select "Open Link in New Tab." Not all web browser users are that savvy, though. Also, ecommerce merchants like the option of selecting the behavior that they *think* might encourage visitors to stay on their site.

So thanks for this solution. I tried it and it works great.

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