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**Keyclenef** · 09-11-2010, 02:43 PM

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**ptolerezort** · 09-11-2010, 03:08 PM

onodera, there are legitimate reasons to have the default behavior be a new window

e.g. on an online retail site, the link to see a bigger picture of the item I'm looking at should be a new window

Any link which leads to a URL from which I'm going to want to hit the back button in almost all circumstances should be a new window...

**Keeriewof** · 09-11-2010, 05:46 PM

100% of your RDA of Repetition.

**dhYTvlAv** · 09-12-2010, 04:17 AM

100% of your RDA of Repetition.

This from the guy who posted two of the same birthday threads. Also, your birthday threads are horrible. If we must have them, let someone who is better at them do it.

**JaK_MarkoV_Pi** · 09-12-2010, 10:54 PM

onodera, there are legitimate reasons to have the default behavior be a new window

e.g. on an online retail site, the link to see a bigger picture of the item I'm looking at should be a new window

Any link which leads to a URL from which I'm going to want to hit the back button in almost all circumstances should be a new window...

It should be done via AJAX popups, like the Lightbox image zoom so many sites use. never a new window. Not in 2010.

BTW, middle clicking usually works also (not just CTRL) to open links in a new tab.

**rouletteroulette** · 09-13-2010, 12:38 AM

It should be done via AJAX popups, like the Lightbox image zoom so many sites use. never a new window. Not in 2010.

BTW, middle clicking usually works also (not just CTRL) to open links in a new tab.

I ****ing hate the websites that open the pictures in the stupid little in-page windows. Partly it's just because the standard form does the stupid "I'm going to slowly expand vertically and then horizontally before you get to see the damn thing" and partly because half the time it means you can't ctrl-click everything you're interested and have them load in parallel.

**Karpattaisp** · 09-13-2010, 09:25 PM

I ****ing hate the websites that open the pictures in the stupid little in-page windows. Partly it's just because the standard form does the stupid "I'm going to slowly expand vertically and then horizontally before you get to see the damn thing" and partly because half the time it means you can't ctrl-click everything you're interested and have them load in parallel.

In a college introductory computer class, I made my website with those (lightbox popups?) and thoroughly impressed the students in the class

**ssupermegatone** · 09-13-2010, 10:56 PM

Asher is correct.

09-11-2010, 02:43 PM	#1
Keyclenef Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	There are two hyperlink design crimes that warrant a death penalty for the designer. . Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-11-2010, 03:08 PM	#2
ptolerezort Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	onodera, there are legitimate reasons to have the default behavior be a new window e.g. on an online retail site, the link to see a bigger picture of the item I'm looking at should be a new window Any link which leads to a URL from which I'm going to want to hit the back button in almost all circumstances should be a new window... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Keeriewof Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	100% of your RDA of Repetition. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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dhYTvlAv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 519 Senior Member	100% of your RDA of Repetition. This from the guy who posted two of the same birthday threads. Also, your birthday threads are horrible. If we must have them, let someone who is better at them do it. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-12-2010, 10:54 PM	#5
JaK_MarkoV_Pi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	onodera, there are legitimate reasons to have the default behavior be a new window e.g. on an online retail site, the link to see a bigger picture of the item I'm looking at should be a new window Any link which leads to a URL from which I'm going to want to hit the back button in almost all circumstances should be a new window... It should be done via AJAX popups, like the Lightbox image zoom so many sites use. never a new window. Not in 2010. BTW, middle clicking usually works also (not just CTRL) to open links in a new tab. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-13-2010, 12:38 AM	#6
rouletteroulette Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	It should be done via AJAX popups, like the Lightbox image zoom so many sites use. never a new window. Not in 2010. BTW, middle clicking usually works also (not just CTRL) to open links in a new tab. I ****ing hate the websites that open the pictures in the stupid little in-page windows. Partly it's just because the standard form does the stupid "I'm going to slowly expand vertically and then horizontally before you get to see the damn thing" and partly because half the time it means you can't ctrl-click everything you're interested and have them load in parallel. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-13-2010, 09:25 PM	#7
Karpattaisp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	I ****ing hate the websites that open the pictures in the stupid little in-page windows. Partly it's just because the standard form does the stupid "I'm going to slowly expand vertically and then horizontally before you get to see the damn thing" and partly because half the time it means you can't ctrl-click everything you're interested and have them load in parallel. In a college introductory computer class, I made my website with those (lightbox popups?) and thoroughly impressed the students in the class Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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09-13-2010, 10:56 PM	#8
ssupermegatone Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	Asher is correct. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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