Your opinion. Target new windows or not? - GoFuckYourself.com

Shaggy · 02-14-2002, 04:39 PM

I'm debating on what I should do with my posts. Both ways have pros and cons.

Targeting new windows:

Pros:
1. No waiting for the page to reload after pushing back. It is cached but still takes a couple of seconds to load. Which is annoying.

2. Your site is always open in a window.

3. If a visitor just came from a site that targets new windows, they may be in the habbit of it and close your site on accident. This won't happen if you target also.

Cons:

1. If the surfer has other windows open, the gallery may load into that window instead of a brand new one. Which sucks! (Is there a way to stop this?)

Which do you think is best and why? Can you think of other pros and cons? I'm sure a lot of you have debated this yourselves.

bryany · 02-14-2002, 05:04 PM

The are good uses for that like exit consoles, tgps, and freesites, but I wouldn't use one on a tgp gallery page itself

and "target="_blank" shouldn't pop into another currently open window, it should pop a whole new window all together.

That's my

baby

codecrawler · 02-14-2002, 05:06 PM

I agree it depends:

On a TGP sure (The gallery listing sfor example)

On a gallery never!

On a freesite not likely (Most linklists don't allow it)

Inside an AVS site sure

Hope that helps

CC

Shaggy · 02-14-2002, 07:56 PM

I use <base target="main"> between my head tags to target all of them.

I wonder if <base target="_blank"> would work? I will try.

But, I wonder if it's the best thing to do. Because the biggest sites don't do it.

thehun, worldsex, etc. There must be a reason that they don't do it.

02-14-2002, 04:39 PM	#1
Shaggy Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: USA Posts: 570	Your opinion. Target new windows or not? I'm debating on what I should do with my posts. Both ways have pros and cons. Targeting new windows: Pros: 1. No waiting for the page to reload after pushing back. It is cached but still takes a couple of seconds to load. Which is annoying. 2. Your site is always open in a window. 3. If a visitor just came from a site that targets new windows, they may be in the habbit of it and close your site on accident. This won't happen if you target also. Cons: 1. If the surfer has other windows open, the gallery may load into that window instead of a brand new one. Which sucks! (Is there a way to stop this?) Which do you think is best and why? Can you think of other pros and cons? I'm sure a lot of you have debated this yourselves.

02-14-2002, 05:04 PM	#2
bryany Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 2,037	The are good uses for that like exit consoles, tgps, and freesites, but I wouldn't use one on a tgp gallery page itself and "target="_blank" shouldn't pop into another currently open window, it should pop a whole new window all together. That's my baby __________________ ya ya, I'll fill this in later... Last edited by bryany; 02-14-2002 at 05:05 PM..

02-14-2002, 05:06 PM	#3
codecrawler Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: wolfshade's basement Posts: 297	I agree it depends: On a TGP sure (The gallery listing sfor example) On a gallery never! On a freesite not likely (Most linklists don't allow it) Inside an AVS site sure Hope that helps CC __________________ WE ARE TGP2 RESISTANCE IS FUTILE YOU WILL BE CONVERTED!!!

02-14-2002, 07:56 PM	#4
Shaggy Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: USA Posts: 570	I use <base target="main"> between my head tags to target all of them. I wonder if <base target="_blank"> would work? I will try. But, I wonder if it's the best thing to do. Because the biggest sites don't do it. thehun, worldsex, etc. There must be a reason that they don't do it.