Comments on: Today’s legal question http://blog.xcski.com/2006/10/31/todays-legal-question Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Barry Price http://blog.xcski.com/2006/10/31/todays-legal-question#comment-12398 Barry Price Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:59:28 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2006/10/31/todays-legal-question#comment-12398 It isn't, but it should be. If I want a new window, I'll open one! Firefox helps a little, with its "open new windows in tabs" option, but it wouldn't be necessary if web developers weren't morons. The banning of the "target" option for links is one of my favourite things about XHTML Strict. Unfortunately, compliance with XHTML Strict is not exactly mandatory yet. Now that would be a fun law to enforce - with extreme violence, naturally... It isn’t, but it should be. If I want a new window, I’ll open one! Firefox helps a little, with its “open new windows in tabs” option, but it wouldn’t be necessary if web developers weren’t morons.

The banning of the “target” option for links is one of my favourite things about XHTML Strict.

Unfortunately, compliance with XHTML Strict is not exactly mandatory yet. Now that would be a fun law to enforce - with extreme violence, naturally…

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