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Meckerpoet Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate From: Germany Insane since: Jul 2002	posted 11-21-2004 15:58 moin scientists, quick and dirty. Is there any possibility, to open a new tab in Mozilla using javascript? greets martin (Edited by Meckerpoet on 11-21-2004 15:59)
kuckus Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian From: Berlin Insane since: Dec 2001	posted 11-21-2004 16:24 None that I know of. I'd go for target="_blank" and leave it to the users if they feel like having the page appear in a tab or not, there are plenty ways for them to control that. Mouse gestures, holding the Ctrl key, the single window extension, middle mouse button etc.... kuckus
gmn17 Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: Los Angeles Insane since: Nov 2004	posted 11-21-2004 22:39 I'm sure standards-compliant hackers and spammers will find a way. BMF
GRUMBLE Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Omicron Persei 8 Insane since: Oct 2000	posted 12-01-2004 23:25 target="_tab" would be cool and all browsers should support tabs!
Slime Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA Insane since: Mar 2000	posted 12-01-2004 23:57 Personally, I've always found it ridiculous that a browser would support both tabs and separate windows simultaneously. Well, I suppose some users might find it handy for some reason to have different windows each with multiple tabs, but the choice to split some tabs off into a new window should be the choice of the user and not some web page's designer. I like tabbed browsers to treat everything as a tab - regardless of whether I launch a link in a new "window" myself, or it has target="_blank", or window.open is used - they should all open new tabs if I'm using a tabbed browser. And screw the designer who wanted a certain size, unresizable window without toolbars. I'm the user, my preferences are infinitely more important. Open the url in a new tab, that's why I'm using tabs. Er, anyway, in summary, leave it up to the browser what to do. The user will configure their browser the way they like it.
BillyRayPreachersSon Bipolar (III) Inmate From: London Insane since: Jul 2004	posted 12-02-2004 02:42 quote: Slime said: And screw the designer who wanted a certain size, unresizable window without toolbars. I agree. I've seen too many sites - recently - that open content in non-resizable popup windows with no scrollbars... But where the content is far bigger than the window! Sometimes I think they do it just to infuriate us! Dan
jjarman Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate From: Insane since: Nov 2004	posted 12-07-2004 08:08 When it comes down to a question of Maliciousness or Ignorance on the develpers part, I'd bet 9 out of 10 times it is the latter. Whether or not someone can be "Maliciously Ignorant" I leave up to your imagination...lol.

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Meckerpoet
Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate

From: Germany
Insane since: Jul 2002

posted 11-21-2004 15:58

moin scientists,

quick and dirty. Is there any possibility, to open a new tab in Mozilla using javascript?

greets martin

(Edited by Meckerpoet on 11-21-2004 15:59)

kuckus
Paranoid (IV) Mad Librarian

From: Berlin
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted 11-21-2004 16:24

None that I know of. I'd go for target="_blank" and leave it to the users if they feel like having the page appear in a tab or not, there are plenty ways for them to control that. Mouse gestures, holding the Ctrl key, the single window extension, middle mouse button etc....

kuckus

gmn17
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: Los Angeles
Insane since: Nov 2004

posted 11-21-2004 22:39

I'm sure standards-compliant hackers and spammers will find a way.

BMF

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted 12-01-2004 23:25

target="_tab" would be cool and all browsers should support tabs!

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted 12-01-2004 23:57

Personally, I've always found it ridiculous that a browser would support both tabs and separate windows simultaneously. Well, I suppose some users might find it handy for some reason to have different windows each with multiple tabs, but the choice to split some tabs off into a new window should be the choice of the user and not some web page's designer. I like tabbed browsers to treat *everything* as a tab - regardless of whether I launch a link in a new "window" myself, or it has target="_blank", or window.open is used - they should all open new tabs if I'm using a tabbed browser.

And screw the designer who wanted a certain size, unresizable window without toolbars. I'm the user, my preferences are infinitely more important. Open the url in a new tab, that's why I'm using tabs.

Er, anyway, in summary, leave it up to the browser what to do. The user will configure their browser the way they like it.

BillyRayPreachersSon
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jul 2004

posted 12-02-2004 02:42

quote:
Slime said:
And screw the designer who wanted a certain size, unresizable window without toolbars.

I agree. I've seen too many sites - recently - that open content in non-resizable popup windows with no scrollbars... But where the content is far bigger than the window!

Sometimes I think they do it just to infuriate us!

Dan

jjarman
Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Nov 2004

posted 12-07-2004 08:08

When it comes down to a question of Maliciousness or Ignorance on the develpers part, I'd bet 9 out of 10 times it is the latter. Whether or not someone can be "Maliciously Ignorant" I leave up to your imagination...lol.