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Posted by Xah Lee on August 31, 2007, 1:10 pm
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why is that, of websites in china, every link opens a new window?
this seems be the norm in every major sites. e.g.
http://cn.yahoo.com/
Xah
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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on August 31, 2007, 1:27 pm
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Xah Lee wrote:
> why is that, of websites in china, every link opens a new window?
>
> this seems be the norm in every major sites. e.g.
> http://cn.yahoo.com/
Poor design practice...
<a href=http://www.example.com" target="_blank">...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Posted by Xah Lee on August 31, 2007, 2:17 pm
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Xah Lee wrote:
=C2=ABwhy is that, of websites in china, every link opens a new window?=C2=
=BB
Jonathan N. Little wrote:
=C2=ABPoor design practice...
<a href=3Dhttp://www.example.com" target=3D"_blank">...
=C2=BB
well, yeah, but the question is why they do that?
i don't think it's just =E2=80=9CPoor design practice...=E2=80=9D.
2 years ago i thought it might be that China's internet browsing
populace isn't =E2=80=9Cmature=E2=80=9D enough about webtech... but now the=
y are still
like that.
Note that according to Alexa's global web traffic ranking, several
pure Chinese language sites are ranked at the top, before ebay or
amazon. It wouldn't be surprising if in a couple years most of the top
ten sites are Chinese.
I haven't tested all, but seems most of these chinese sites all
practice popping up a new window.
Xah
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=E2=88=91 http://xahlee.org/
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Posted by Dan on August 31, 2007, 3:03 pm
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> why is that, of websites in china, every link opens a new window?
Is it just China? That annoying practice seems to be widespread
everywhere else too.
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Posted by Neredbojias on September 1, 2007, 4:30 am
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Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:10:27 GMT
Xah Lee scribed:
> why is that, of websites in china, every link opens a new window?
>
> this seems be the norm in every major sites. e.g.
> http://cn.yahoo.com/
Perhaps that is just the method they prefer. It isn't necessarily a bad
thing although many here would argue to the contrary. New windows allow
one to retain the current site as, for example, a reference, which can be
advantageous in certain designs.
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