Javascript popup windows, rel attributes and naming conventions
Posted by Dan Eastwell
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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