[Webteam] Need comments/approval for About page

Brad Fuller brad at bradfuller.com
Tue Feb 20 14:59:55 UTC 2007


Göran Krampe wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>>> Is there a way to open a new window where links go off the squeak.org
>>> site?
>>> That would be preferable for links for Ruby, Python, etc, to keep people
>>> at
>>> the squeak site. I don't know how to do that in SmallWiki, though, except
>>> use html.
>> Well, if the intent is to keep the people at the squeak site, I think the
>> simplest thing would be to remove the links. After all, there's nothing to
>> keep them from googling Ruby and Python. Will that be a workable solution?
> 
> Please, please. :) Don't try to force the user - let them be normal links.
> This is an open source project, lets be the "nice guys". I hate links that
> open windows and I really think that linking properly is a virtue.

This is not forcing the user to do anything. I'm glad to keep the links 
as it is, but it isn't a bad thing or improper, in the least, to open 
another window.



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