Re: Re: new standarts, target=blank

andy varganov wrote:
>> "Tomislav Grabic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:bb9t5t$vvt$1-FogMEOs31dotat4ziPANHlKoq+OfwspIVIuBW6zZ0iQ@public.gmane.org
>>> I just read this article:
>>> http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1041
>>> if Xaraya is to support xHTML and this is the way to go if w3c
>>> recommendations for xhtml 1.0 strict are to be met by Xaraya (and
by
>>> thus, Javascript is needed), what are users without javascript
>>> turned on going to get out of this??
>>
>> Well, I have been changing the targets when I see them in the
>> validation routines.  I am not quite sure what we can do there:(  I
>> really don't like the idea of JS for just opening a new window, but
>> what other alternatives are there?  Any suggestions?
>>
> I guess it's because of misuse of pop-ups and because lotsa new
> browsers start using tabbed interface, so there is no 'real' need to
> open content in new windows.
>
> Possible solutions may include:
>
> 1) shift-clicking /cmd-clicking (right-click with 'open in new
window'
> option)
>
> 2) use transitional, not strict dtd
>
> 3) onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank');return false;" which
> doesn9t work on some browsers, like IE/Mac, BTW

does that one still work with javascript turned off?