I don't. That's the reason :) What you should do is indicate when a link leads to a external site, via an icon or formatting, like Wikipedia articles.
In XHTML 1.0 Transitional target is still valid. -- ricardo On Sep 22, 11:47 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no idea, I think it was a stupid choice, I believe the reason > behind it was that people should be able to choose how to open a link, > and forcing a new window removes this choice, and confuses the user, > because the back button stops working. > > I prefer external sites to open in a new window/tab, I almost expect > them to. > > > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > Now why would target="_blank" be deprecated without a suitable HTML > > substitute, requiring coders to have to resort to js for the functionality? > > > Odd... > > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > Behalf Of Liam Potter > > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:20 AM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: [Attrib "external" not working...] > > > Except that target="_blank" is deprecated in xhtml 1.1, so to make sure > > you're markup validates, you need to use javascript to make links open > > in a new window/tab. > > > One way to do it is like this. > > > $("a[rel='external']").click(function(){ > > this.target = "_blank"; > > }); > > > Liam Byrne wrote: > > >> Maybe because 'rel="external"' doesn't have any meaning or > >> functionality ? > > >> The proper syntax with functionality would be <a target="_blank" > >> href="http://www.google.com";>google</a> but that's just HTML; it has > >> nothing to do with jQuery > > >> Liam > > >> Lord Gustavo Miguel Angel wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> Why this code not working? > > >>> <a rel="external" href="www.google.com">google</a> > > >>> urlwww.google.com<http://www.google.com> open in same windows. > > >>> Thank´s > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG -www.avg.comVersion: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: > >>> 270.13.112/2388 - Release Date: 09/22/09 05:51:00
