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Re: Secondary window vs. popup (was: HTML question)
Subject:Re: Secondary window vs. popup (was: HTML question) From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:00:03 -0400
Pop-up blocking software often also blocks things the user wants. At
least that has been my experience. Just yesterday, on another list,
someone recommended viewing a cartoon that was available in several
locations. All of them could not serve the cartoon, even when the link
was explicitly clicked. On some job sites, I am told that the page
cannot be opened, even though I have clicked the link.
Geoff Hart wrote:
> Bonnie Granat responded to my summary of how to display a secondary
> window: <<Keep in mind that while I may have JS turned on, I
> definitely have pop-ups turned off. I think many do.>>
>
> I probably wasn't clear in my original posting. This is not a popup,
> which in the context you mention is something intrusive that appears
> automatically, without the intervention of the user of the browser.
> Instead, I'm creating a standard link to something requested by the
> user: If they don't follow the link, no window appears; if they do
> follow the link, the original page remains open in the background for
> ease of reference.
>
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