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RE: Popup Window idea

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From: Jan Eric Hellbusch
Date: Jul 25, 2005 2:11AM

Hello,

> Any comments why that is a bad idea and what would be a better one?
> Yes, I will point out that popups should be avoided.

Here is another one for the language barrier (German article):

http://bf-w.de/knowhow/pop-up-fenster

At the end of the article there are three dornloads, which do basically the
same as what you are planning to do.

By dynamically adding target and title you get your XHTML strict validation
and your popup.

I don't really see, why popups should _never_ be used. There are plenty of
examples, where they make sense (e.g. help page). In general they should be
avoided.

Regs
Jan