Why

[RRO]

not that its a problem but when i open the online guide sometimes it opens a new window and sometimes it opens in a window i already have open and kicks out email or whatever else was open in that window. just curious.

[ReachHigh]

sounds like a webbrowser setting.

[Yasmeen]

<a href="http://www.redriverclimbing.com/RRCGuideV2/" target="new" class="mainmenu"><img src="templates/subTrail/images/icon_mini_info.gif" width="13" height="13" border="0" hspace="3" alt="Online Guidebook" />Online Guidebook</a>

I've always used target="_blank", and have never heard of using "new" instead, but here's someone's summary of the difference:

The first one (target="new") causes links to be opened in a window named "new". If there currently is no open window named "new", the window is created. Subsequently clicking on links with target="new" causes them to be opened in that window.

The second one (target="_blank") cause links to always be opened in a new window. Note that this is not the same as opening links in a window named "new".

[RRO]

um, yeah sure........

[Wes]

It is a browser setting. If you are using firefox, you can set to open a new link in the same tab, new tab, or new window. IE, just opens a new window, though you might have a setting to open in the same window.

[Yasmeen]

Micro$oft's take on your issue: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272415

Hyperlinks that use the TARGET=_BLANK attribute always open a new Internet Explorer window, while hyperlinks that use the TARGET=NEW attribute open a new Internet Explorer window only once.

So, if all you have open is the one window and you click on the Online Guidebook link, you should get a new window. If you've got other stuff open, it'll use the other open window as the "new" window. I don't think this happens in Firefox. We could go through and change all the "new"s to be "_blank"s, to prevent this behavior, but I'll wait on Ray's opinion on what to do here...

[neuroshock]

think of it as naming a container. when you click on a link with target="_blank" it knows to always open a new window for that link. when you click on a link with target="new" it opens a new window and names it "new."

now, if you go and change that "new" window to check your webmail and then click on another link that says target="new," it'll go, "oh, 'new' is already open so i'll just change it to display this page."

[neuroshock]

Micro$oft's take on your issue: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272415

Hyperlinks that use the TARGET=_BLANK attribute always open a new Internet Explorer window, while hyperlinks that use the TARGET=NEW attribute open a new Internet Explorer window only once.

So, if all you have open is the one window and you click on the Online Guidebook link, you should get a new window. If you've got other stuff open, it'll use the other open window as the "new" window. I don't think this happens in Firefox. We could go through and change all the "new"s to be "_blank"s, to prevent this behavior, but I'll wait on Ray's opinion on what to do here...

huh. i thought the only functional "special" values were _blank, _self, _top, _parent, and _search

[Yasmeen]

huh. i thought the only functional "special" values were _blank, _self, _top, _parent, and _search

Yeah, it was weird to see that in the code for me, too. But I guess it explains the seemingly unpredictable behavior.

[Horatio Felacio]

i'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that you suck copious amounts of cock in your spare time and while cooking breakfast food at RRO. fag. anyway, i put together a little animation with the following emoticons of what your face looks like while taking big black dick in the ass.