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Re: Title attributes on images and links

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Aug 5, 2009 12:50PM

On 8/5/09 11:19 AM, "Simius Puer" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Just as <bold> and <i> were depreciated because they were "style"
> not "structure

Yes, but opening a link is behavior, not style or structure, so it's totally
irrelevant to the discussion.

> the target= was depreciated because you should
> *not*interfere with the users browser...if they want to open it in a
> new link
> they can!

Problem is that most people have no clue as to how to do this.

> as for 'forcing' developers to use JavaScript...finding away around a
> restriction that is there for good reason is the developers fault and was
> not the intention of the W3C.

That is your opinion, not fact. And I heartily disagree.

> The argument about "not wanting a user to leave my site" holds no water
> what-so-ever. It is as difficult to close a new window as it is to hit the
> back button.

That's not the problem. The problem is when someone clicks on a link to
another site, spends some time browsing around for a while, and then tries
to get back. They don't just have to click the back button once, they have
to click it 50 times (or more). It does hold water, because I've experienced
it personally.