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Right I have a link on my site that links to another site, streetmap. Just using PHP to echo out the link and the variables to the specific location....
I want to open this link in a new window

How do I do that? :-)

Secondly is there any drawbacks to opening a link in a new window, is is there certain browsers that don't handle it well etc.

Cheers

That's what I thought. But then, it is bloody annoying when sites keep opening new windows, as though the back button was never invented...

Seems distinctly unjustified.

Dunno.

Strict just doesn't like it...

What's wrong with the target attribute?

gamesfreak wrote:
> I think only xHTML Strict hates the use of target.
>
> Transistional it's fine.

But Strict is beautiful!

Cheers

I think only xHTML Strict hates the use of target.

Transistional it's fine.

Aye, target="_blank" is a no-no with Web Standards.

But it's the only way to do it, without delving into Javascript (or JavaScript - I can't remember... Stupid names... )

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Right I have a link on my site that links to another site, streetmap. Just using PHP to echo out the link and the variables to the specific location....
I want to open this link in a new window

How do I do that? :-)

Secondly is there any drawbacks to opening a link in a new window, is is there certain browsers that don't handle it well etc.

Cheers