[whatwg] Target Attribute Values

[Anne van Kesteren]

On Sat, 05 May 2007 01:48:51 +0200, Sander Tekelenburg <st at isoc.nl> wrote:
>> Unfortunately when the link action is JS we
>> can only say that it will run a script. So it's actually better
>> usability if the site can use target="_blank" compared to using
>> window.open(), at least in Safari.
>
> Sorry, I know very little of javascript. Are you saying it is technically
> impossible for a UA to know beforehand what a script will do?

This doesn't just apply to JavaScript:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem


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