[WEB4LIB] HTML Question - target="new"

[Daniel Messer]

While I know there is a way to do this (I know for a fact that it can be done 
with Java) I would make one reccomendation. Forewarn people coming to your 
site that it's better to use IE to view it. I would do this if for no other 
reason than it seems to me that Microsoft has won the so-called "browser 
wars." Don't believe me? Jet on over to www.netscape.com and take a look 
around. How much advertising do you see for Netscape Navigator? Last I 
checked there were two or three text links for the browser and that was it. 
Netscape really isn't pushing its product anymore, anywhere. Stores don't 
really stock up on a lot of Netscape products and more and more people I talk 
to are either using IE because it's more reliable and works better with 
Windows (big surprise there). Don't get me wrong. I'm in no way bucking for 
Micro$oft. I myself use Linux, Windows, and Mac because I recognize their 
strengths and weaknesses. But I think its time some folks face facts and 
realize that M$ is going to run over as many corporations as they can, even 
if they have to resort to the tactic of making their software work properly.

Good luck!
Dan

Maribeth Manoff <manoff at aztec.lib.utk.edu> said:

> 
> I am using the <a href=> tag with the target="new" attribute to bring up
> a new window for a link.  In Netscape Navigator, the new window is full
> size; in Internet Explorer, it is sized down so you can see the first
> window behind it.  Is there a way in HTML to control this window
> sizing?  Specifically, I would like the new window to appear as it does
> in IE, so that the first window is still visible.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your advice,
> Maribeth
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