"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> <a href="http/www.somewebsiteoranother.com/" target="_blank">
>
> Look for "The target Attribute" at
> http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
>
> Whether this opens a new tab or a new window depends on the tab settings
> of
> the user's computer.
>
Really?
My browser will open a window or a tab, and I thought it was controlled by
the page that comes up.
I have my browser set to open pages in a new tab, but some pages make a new
window, so I just thought that there was code that told the browser to
ignore the settings and open a window. If the page does not care, then it
observes the settings I have, but if the coders want, they can force a new
window, despite what I think I want.
Frankly, I find it annoying that some coder someplace is allowed to change
my settings for his own warped sense of grandeur. If I want new pages to be
in a tab, then they ought to always be in a tab.
So, to answer the OP's question, yes there is a way to force IE to open a
new window. I don't know what it is, but it's there.