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Subject:Re: Link to New Window or Not From:Mike Stockman <mstockman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:31:00 -0500
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:48:04 -0800, CB Casper <knowone -at- surfy -dot- net> wrote:
> For links that open a new window, they include a plus sign at the beginning of the visible link.
> + Read More
> opens up a new window
The Mac OS and Windows both use ellipses on menu commands and buttons
that will open a dialog box or alert -- why not use that on Web links
that open a new window?
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