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   Yes, I am putting our conversation online for discussion...

You: And when I link to an outside web page I use target="_blank" to open a separate window. This could apply on the location page too where you have the link to the hotel.

Me: We don't do target=_blank/_new. It's considered very bad manners to presume that you know better than the user how their browser should behave.

You: Yeah, but for those who haven't got a clue how their browser is meant to behave .... see above point (where it was brought up that using headings as links meant that the links weren't underlined as normal). I just don't like relying on the "back" button once I've moved away from the page I need to be able to get back to.

Me: ...

And at this point, I just want to yell at you. This is a conference for astrophysics students (and sure, you made me put 'astronomy' on the front page, but it was always astrophysics). And yet you believe them too stupid to know how to drive a browser, just because this newfangled technology is too much for you?

It's very much getting to the point where I'm going to start issuing ultimatums, and I hate ultimatums. Fuck you, and the long horse you rode in on.

(And yes, I know I used to do the same thing (and that I still do in the link bar because I'm too lazy to edit it - as evidenced by just how long those links have been there). But back when I started this blog, I was using internet explorer, and so was everyone else. Things were different, and it made sense back then...)

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