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Subject:
Spawning New Windows: Evil or not
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Steve Fouts <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Fouts <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:15:19 -0700
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My gut feeling is that spawning a new browser window is something best
avoided because it violates the "user in control" idea, but I haven't
tested the effect it has on people's experience with a site. Does
anyone have comments, pro or con?
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