C64GLeN wrote:Hmm, you seem to be suggesting that the admins on here should create a mod from scratch because one or two members have a problem with one of the forum minor features.
Even if this was a small job, the manor in which you've asked for this wouldn't make me want to look into it.
Incredible! 4 mistakes in such a short post! I've marked them in
red.
1.) I didn't suggest anything. I said download
or program.
2.) How can you know how many members would like external links to open in the same window? Have you asked everyone in here?
3.) It's not a minor feature bc links are a frequently used feature. There's hardly any thread without any links!
4.) I didn't ask
you to look into it. That would be useless anyway.
LMan wrote:It's a philosophy rather than a bug: in HTML 4 stict standard, links must always open in the same window, since that decision is to be made by the visitor rather than by the website author. I tend to agree...
I don't think commercial websites will stick to this, as there's nothing more terrible to them than a user leaving the site and not coming back. So I guess they won't give a shite when their webmasters start talking about HTML 4 and rather stick to their keep-the-site-open-as-long-as-possible philosophy.
From the philosophical point of view, this forum's behavior might be the desired behavior. But for the user, it is really disturbing to have different behaviors on different sites, so it would be good to have sites where you can choose yourself, once and for all rather than on each and every click. At least on sites with a login, this should be made possible for the users' comfort.
But you're the boss in here, so you decide. Just wanted to share my thoughts.
... much easier to just click "close" and you're back! 
