[whatwg] Proposal: target="_tab"

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Jens Meiert wrote:
> > >
> > > In http://forums.whatwg.org/viewtopic.php?t=185 it is proposed that 
> > > authors should have the ability to suggest that links open in new 
> > > windows and new tabs. The suggested solution is to introduce a new 
> > > browsing context keyword "_tab".
> >
> > In general, it's best to let users decide where the link should open.
> 
> Absolutely agreed.
> 
> What is interesting though is that authors can let open new windows/tabs 
> by HTML, CSS, /and/ scripting. I am not sure if this functionality, that 
> may ultimately impede user experience, can really be considered 
> structural, presentational, /and/ behavioral.

I have no idea what you mean or how it affects the spec.

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