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Re: Should external links really open in the same window?
by Ray Shah
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With respect to tabs, I really like the ability to turn a tab into a new window. Safari 3 has this feature, Firefox 3 does not as yet.
Nielsen's point is still valid in certain instances. In the case of PDAs /phones a new window is not possible, I think. Observing some less tech-savvy people I work with, I think tabs are somehow less frightening than a whole new window.
So there are two unknowns here (in the web environment at least) that are beyond our control. How will the platform behave and what does the user (reasonably) expect.
It would be interesting to see a reappraisal of this issue by Nielsen.
Best,
Ray
----- Original Message ----
From: Chauncey Wilson <chauncey.wilson@...>
To: Jens Meiert <jens@...>
Cc: discuss@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 7:25:23 PM
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the same window?
If you want to do comparisons, then you might want to have an item
created in a new window. Tabs are great, but sometimes you want to
compare items using multiple windows. There might also be some legal
reasons for completely separating one source from another source.
Chauncey
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jens Meiert <jens@...> wrote:
>> Should the rule that links should always open in the same window be
>> revisited?
>
> Going for the very short answer: No, as this choice should be left to
> the user. Talking studies I do not know any that does not verify what
> Nielsen suggested in another article, namely only to open new windows
> for non-web documents [1] (albeit there might be other, rare
> exceptions […]).
>
>
> [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html
>
> --
> Jens Meiert
> http://meiert.com/en/
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Nielsen's point is still valid in certain instances. In the case of PDAs /phones a new window is not possible, I think. Observing some less tech-savvy people I work with, I think tabs are somehow less frightening than a whole new window.
So there are two unknowns here (in the web environment at least) that are beyond our control. How will the platform behave and what does the user (reasonably) expect.
It would be interesting to see a reappraisal of this issue by Nielsen.
Best,
Ray
----- Original Message ----
From: Chauncey Wilson <chauncey.wilson@...>
To: Jens Meiert <jens@...>
Cc: discuss@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 7:25:23 PM
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the same window?
If you want to do comparisons, then you might want to have an item
created in a new window. Tabs are great, but sometimes you want to
compare items using multiple windows. There might also be some legal
reasons for completely separating one source from another source.
Chauncey
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jens Meiert <jens@...> wrote:
>> Should the rule that links should always open in the same window be
>> revisited?
>
> Going for the very short answer: No, as this choice should be left to
> the user. Talking studies I do not know any that does not verify what
> Nielsen suggested in another article, namely only to open new windows
> for non-web documents [1] (albeit there might be other, rare
> exceptions […]).
>
>
> [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html
>
> --
> Jens Meiert
> http://meiert.com/en/
> ________________________________________________________________
> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!
> To post to this list ....... discuss@...
> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe
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