Links Opening In New Windows

Greenguy · 2012-04-17, 09:18 AM

It's once again time to Rock The Vote

I've been thinking about my (and most other) Link List rule about not allowing links to open in new windows. Back in the day, this rule was put into place for 2 reasons:
1 - It was a pain in the ass to have your browser re-launch every time you clicked a link - and then you had all these browser's open
2 - The old Meta Refresh trick where you'd set the refresh to say 5 minutes & then send the page to a sponsor, so that when the surfer came back to your page, they'd find themselves at a paysite

But, with the invention of tabs & the lack of anyone trying #2, I've been thinking of having only external/offsite links open in a new window on my Link Lists & Free Sites.

Thoughts?

View Poll Results: Links Opening In New Windows
Yes, allow them on external/offsite links	22	88.00%
No, keep the existing rule in place	3	12.00%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

2012-04-17, 09:18 AM	#1
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	Links Opening In New Windows It's once again time to Rock The Vote I've been thinking about my (and most other) Link List rule about not allowing links to open in new windows. Back in the day, this rule was put into place for 2 reasons: 1 - It was a pain in the ass to have your browser re-launch every time you clicked a link - and then you had all these browser's open 2 - The old Meta Refresh trick where you'd set the refresh to say 5 minutes & then send the page to a sponsor, so that when the surfer came back to your page, they'd find themselves at a paysite But, with the invention of tabs & the lack of anyone trying #2, I've been thinking of having only external/offsite links open in a new window on my Link Lists & Free Sites. Thoughts? __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

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