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Re: Title attributes on images and links

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Aug 5, 2009 10:40AM

I'm a developer (not a manager), and I use targets in the two instances you
mentioned. Reasoning is this:

1. It's bad business to take people away from your site
2. I expect something that is a file (rather than a web page) to open in a
new window. I can't tell you how many times I've cursed at my screen because
I closed a pdf thinking I would find the site right behind it, but instead
closed the whole browser and had to go find the site again.

I do not however use "_blank". If you do that, it will open a new window for
every single link. Instead, I use a name like "el" (short for external
link). That way, every external link opens in the same window, rather than
generating a new window with each click.

On 8/5/09 7:26 AM, "Nancy Johnson" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Open in New Window: Managers love this, especially when the link
> takes them away from their site or to open a pdf. It's an uphill
> battle to educate folks enough to limit or not use target="blank".