[Web4lib] Is a new browser window always a no-no?

[Jon Gorman]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Cary Gordon <listuser at chillco.com> wrote:
> FWIW, opening a link in a target window is not a pop-up. The term
>  originally meant a window that opened automatically (via Javascript)
>  when you went to a new page. The nature of many pop-up blockers has
>  extended that to include almost any Javascript generated new window.

I didn't really mean to imply that it was a pop-up according to the
old definition and was admittedly loose with semantics and writing a
bit to fast.  My point was merely as you also pointed out, both pop-up
blockers and people have grown to associate any new window opening
with popups.  Several popup-blockers block other annoying marketing
tricks like pop-unders or sliding pop-ups, also not arguably "pop-ups"
in the original sense.

Jon Gorman