Comments on: Linky linky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:07:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: arensb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-3/#comment-17820 arensb Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:50:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17820 In case you're still keeping track, I hate links that open in a new window. I know how to use a browser, and I know how to make an ordinary link open in the same window, in a new window, or a new tab. And I like having control over the process. In case you’re still keeping track, I hate links that open in a new window. I know how to use a browser, and I know how to make an ordinary link open in the same window, in a new window, or a new tab. And I like having control over the process.

]]> By: L Fuller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-3/#comment-17717 L Fuller Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:35:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17717 As a Web designer, I opt for the new window (and/or tab) method... but then I work in marketing for a telecom and don't want to lose the viewers that I work so hard to bring to our site. I don't find this a problem with a site like Bad Astronomy that isn't trying to attract paying customers, especially since I have it bookmarked and visit it a couple of times a day anyway. :^D As a Web designer, I opt for the new window (and/or tab) method… but then I work in marketing for a telecom and don’t want to lose the viewers that I work so hard to bring to our site. I don’t find this a problem with a site like Bad Astronomy that isn’t trying to attract paying customers, especially since I have it bookmarked and visit it a couple of times a day anyway. :^D

]]> By: Z. Johnson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-3/#comment-17716 Z. Johnson Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:19:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17716 External in new window (or tab) is the way to go. If, while reading an article, I come across an interesting link, I usually open up a new tab (using firefox) and finish reading the article befor exploring the new links. External in new window (or tab) is the way to go. If, while reading an article, I come across an interesting link, I usually open up a new tab (using firefox) and finish reading the article befor exploring the new links.

]]> By: captain swoop http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-3/#comment-17777 captain swoop Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:35:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17777 External; in a new window yup. External; in a new window yup.

]]> By: Vega Altair http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-3/#comment-17726 Vega Altair Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:19:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17726 I personally don't like a link opening up a new window. I generally have a large number of them open at one time and I find that adding one that I didn't deliberately generate is somewhat frustrating I personally don’t like a link opening up a new window. I generally have a large number of them open at one time and I find that adding one that I didn’t deliberately generate is somewhat frustrating

]]> By: TheBlackCat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-2/#comment-17723 TheBlackCat Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:47:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17723 I may have Firefox now, but even when I had Internet Explorer I still preferred it when external links open in a new window (I tended to do it myself by hand just to be on the safe side). I could easily have 20 or more windows open (although I think IE usually crashed when I go upt to around 40). I may have Firefox now, but even when I had Internet Explorer I still preferred it when external links open in a new window (I tended to do it myself by hand just to be on the safe side). I could easily have 20 or more windows open (although I think IE usually crashed when I go upt to around 40).

]]> By: CS http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/comment-page-2/#comment-17737 CS Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:06:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/07/25/linky-linky/#comment-17737 I also prefer to make my own decision on a new tab/window or keep the same tab. If I just want a quick look at the link, keep the same tab and use the back button. If it might be a long look or something I will finish reading later, use a new tab/window. What I find annoying is that I constantly have a dozen or more tabs open: when a link opens a new tab/window, it takes a lot more effort to get back to the original tab than had I been able to use the back button. As pointed out somewhere above, why not just allow the reader to select the default behavior with a checkbox? Something like: http://www.iamcal.com/publish/articles/hacks/new_windows/ I also prefer to make my own decision on a new tab/window or keep the same tab. If I just want a quick look at the link, keep the same tab and use the back button. If it might be a long look or something I will finish reading later, use a new tab/window. What I find annoying is that I constantly have a dozen or more tabs open: when a link opens a new tab/window, it takes a lot more effort to get back to the original tab than had I been able to use the back button.

As pointed out somewhere above, why not just allow the reader to select the default behavior with a checkbox? Something like:

http://www.iamcal.com/publish/articles/hacks/new_windows/

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