Javascript popup windows, rel attributes and naming conventions

Posted by Dan Eastwell Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:55:00 GMT

What do you do if you want to semantically indicate to clever user agents that your link goes to an external site? You use rel="external".

What do you do if you’ve also got a window that pops up, for example, terms & conditions when clicked on?

The pop up window is fairly obtrusive and moves away focus: what you need is a way of presenting this information non-modally, so that focus is not pulled from the activity at hand?

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Creating a Css/HTML/Javascript comments balloon popup

Posted by Dan Eastwell Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:26:00 GMT

Seeing as my site's called The Thought Balloon and I write a lot about CSS, Javascript and HTML, I get a lot of search engine queries for people looking for a 'CSS balloon' or a 'javascript balloon'.

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