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From: Kallie Swanepoel
Date: Jan 5, 2007 5:10AM

Hi All

Are there any special reason why one should want to have a link opening
in a new window, using the

Target="blank"

attribute?

That is:

Opening the new page, and minimizing the previous one.

Regards

Kallie Swanepoel
Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer
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-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Alastair
Campbell
Sent: 04 January 2007 18:24
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] screen resolutions, was Serif vs sans-serif


Austin, Darrel wrote:
> it's about a 100% increase in PPI. Which
> seems like a lot, but not compared to the pace that nearly every other

> portion of computing has increased.

True, but the interface hasn't really changed resolution, so if there
were a 400 DPI screen, it would be unusable!

> There's been talk of this for years. Hopefully it will happen soon.

It's going to have to if they produce better screens, it's a minor
chicken & egg situation...

Kind regards,

-Alastair

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