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Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2007 07:50:58 +0100 > Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Thanks for that help. Further to my last email...... I am using this >> idea in the home page for my web site. There are just five links to my >> other URLs at the moment (blog, gallery etc) so I tried this - >> the first link has target="new1", the second link has target="New2" >> and so on. When I tried this out using Firefox, Opera and Galeon it >> worked as I wanted. I have yet to test it with IE. > > Have you considered that visitors to your site might not want to have 5 > tabs just from your one site? This is why tabs are not directly under > the control of the website - they are a *user* feature and should not > be abused in this way. > > Just because you can does NOT mean you should. This 5 tab approach might > look cool to you now will look tacky and amatuerish to many. I second that. Also, when coding pages, do not think about tabs. If the link is not suitable for opening in a new window then it's not suitable for opening in a new tab. Tabs = windows as far as the web designer is concerned, since all browsers handle it themselves. Do not use javascript or java or any other code to force it to open in a new tab rather than a new window- that is the users option not yours. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html