Re: Micro-managing External Links
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67225
interpreted = N
texte = With all due respect, I open new windows
link text all the time and it doesn't trigger pop-up blockers... (???) maybe I'm misunderstanding or we are talking about two different things? -Dan On Tue, 16 May 2006 12:42:43 -0400 John Peacock
wrote: > Dan Strong wrote: >> client specifically requested that my solution not be defeated by pop-up >> blockers, since the goal is not to do a 'pop-up' per se, but rather to >> open a new window that shows the disclaimer and then says 'click here to >> go to the external link.' > > No matter what your client /wants/, opening a new window *is* a popup. You can do it without a >new window by having the link initially goto a page on their own website, prior to going to the >external link. But if you open a new window, for whatever reason, you are going to get caught by >popup blockers. If you try and use Flash or whatever to defeat the popup blockers, your solution >will fail for people who don't have Flash. > > Sorry > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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With all due respect, I open new windows link text all the time and it doesn't trigger pop-up blockers... (???) maybe I'm misunderstanding or we are talking about two different things? -Dan On Tue, 16 May 2006 12:42:43 -0400 John Peacock wrote: > Dan Strong wrote: >> client specifically requested that my solution not be defeated by pop-up >> blockers, since the goal is not to do a 'pop-up' per se, but rather to >> open a new window that shows the disclaimer and then says 'click here to >> go to the external link.' > > No matter what your client /wants/, opening a new window *is* a popup. You can do it without a >new window by having the link initially goto a page on their own website, prior to going to the >external link. But if you open a new window, for whatever reason, you are going to get caught by >popup blockers. If you try and use Flash or whatever to defeat the popup blockers, your solution >will fail for people who don't have Flash. > > Sorry > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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