Render all links appearing on Edit and Preview pages so that they open in a new window.
When previewing a page with links, it is all too natural to want to click those links. When you do, you leave the editing page. If you remember that you were editing and go back, you can refresh and get the page in the state it was last previewed, but you would have lost any edits since then. And sometimes that doesn't even work (for some reason).
This is a huge stumbling block for new users, and tends to create a distrust of the system. But even experienced users may forget once in a while.
This whole issue could be minimized if every link on the editing/preview pages were made to open in a new window. This should be a relatively simple change, I think. Can't see any legitimate drawbacks.
- The html feature used for that is deprecated iirc.
You mean the attribute target to the HTML element A? No, it is not deprecated for the extend of being conforming to W3C standards (see http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#edef-A). The use of links that open a new window is, however, not conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (see http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-avoid-pop-ups), but in this special case I don't think this would be a concern. -- MartinBayer 2006-05-05 21:19:10