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Re: Reason For Links Opening In New Window

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From: Gareth Dart
Date: Jan 5, 2007 11:10AM

target = "_blank" is a special value of the target attribute which tells the browser to open the link in a new window.

target = "blank" is a normal value of the target attribute which tells the browser to open the link in a frame named 'blank' - just not a good idea on _so_ many levels.

G