[wp-hackers] XHTML Strict compliant replacement for target=_new

[Geoffrey Lane]

That method is interesting. It also lead me to read about XHTML and  
DOM and realized (although I sort of knew this I think) that those  
specs are completely independent. So, while target is invalid XHTML  
(Strict) it's valid DOM . . . sort of weird? :)

Normally I would agree with you about inlining Javascript, but in  
this case it's one built-in Javascript function call, so I wasn't  
really concerned. It's no different functionally than hardcoding  
'_new' in the target because they both have a consistent defined  
behavior.

In the end, I guess what I was trying to provide was another  
automated option so that individuals wouldn't have to customize their  
install in code (which makes upgrades harder of course). Part of this  
is a philosophical question about the goals of WordPress in terms of  
how much to automate vs. how much to leave up to the individual to do  
on their own.

It would be fairly easy to code up a query to determine if the 'rel'  
type links were being used and if so, include the Javascript link in  
the header. So, you could completely automate that version as well.

Thoughts on this? What if we provided all 3 options and let the user  
choose? Does that make it way to complicated? Is it worth the effort?

On Oct 20, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Jeff Minard wrote:

> Luc Saint-Elie wrote:
>
>> I use rel="external"
>> and a JS bit of code
>>
>
> That gets my vote over baked in JS.
>
> Jeff
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