Comments on: XHTML and “external-window” links

By: Naneau

Naneau — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:25:21 +0000

Yes, I use CSS like that on this blog Notifying users of the difference between links is important from a usability point of view.

By: westworld

westworld — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:00:17 +0000

you could also do this with a class.
Use css to give your visitors a visual clue about the link.
css:
a.external{
background: url(external.png) center right no-repeat;
padding-right: 13px;
}

The javascript:
Event.observe(window, ‘load’, function(){
var anchors = $$(‘a.external’);
anchors.each(function(anchor){
anchor.target = “_blank”;
});
});

By: Naneau

Naneau — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:22 +0000

That does sound like it could just be true

By: Kasimir K

Kasimir K — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:39:33 +0000

“XHTML strict doesn’t support the target attribute for links. I think the reason behind is that it is considered behavior, not structure.”

I think because target attribute specifies the target frame, and XHTML strict does not include frames, so no need for targets either.