html/javascript help pls.. OpenNewWindow

[StevieP]

How can I alter the script below that is part of my travelling blogger, so that if someone clicks on a link, it automatically opens the link in a new window, rather than in the same one or without them having to 'right click & open new window' all the time?

The page (http://steviepee.blogspot.com) is a template that is automatically done by the website (http://blogger.com), but I have tweaked the html a lil' to include the links, but how do I get them to open up in a new window..?

        <MainOrArchivePage>
  <h2 class="sidebar-title">Links</h2>
    <ul>
    	<li><a href="http://steviepee.smugmug.com/">My Smugmug (Picture Gallery)</a></li>
    	<li><a href="mailto:steviepennack@gmail.com">eMail Me</a></li>

	<li><a href="http://www.reesusa.blogspot.com/">Cousin Mich & family in the U.S. of A!</a></li>

    	<li><a href="http://getjealous.com/ruthandhannah">Get Jealous of Ruth & Hannah</a></li>

         <li><a href=http://www.tonysmix.com/Mixes/>Tony's Funky House Mixes</a></li>

         <li><a href="http://project-white-star-5-turbo.blogspot.com/">Dan's 5GTT Project</a></li>
  </ul>
  </MainOrArchivePage>

There might be an alternate way of doing this, but from what I can see (which isn't much tbh), this is the mainstream way of doing stuff.. Can anyone help?

Steve.

 

[bigmaddaz]

mmmmmmmm

something like this maybe ?!

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
<!--
window.open ('page.html')
-->
</SCRIPT>

 

[RobertCL]

or add the attribute

target="_blank"

to your hrefs.

eg

<a href="http://mysite.com" target="_blank"> Clicky </a>

eg

http://mysite.com

 

[Red Cup]

Don't do it. Let the user decide if they want a new window or not:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530.html

Opening up new browser windows is like a vacuum cleaner sales person who starts a visit by emptying an ash tray on the customer's carpet. Don't pollute my screen with any more windows, thanks (particularly since current operating systems have miserable window management). If I want a new window, I will open it myself!

Designers open new browser windows on the theory that it keeps users on their site. But even disregarding the user-hostile message implied in taking over the user's machine, the strategy is self-defeating since it disables the Back button which is the normal way users return to previous sites. Users often don't notice that a new window has opened, especially if they are using a small monitor where the windows are maximized to fill up the screen. So a user who tries to return to the origin will be confused by a grayed out Back button.

 

[Daz]

Ah! Someone who likes usability!



Top stuff

 

[RobertCL]

useability? Stuff of the past. Cram as many pop-ups, pop-unders, adds, flash adds (now they really irritate me coz for some reason flash really kills firefox on my laptop), frames, iframes, and general crap on possible

 

[StevieP]

Thanks for the replies guys, I never knew I'd be opening a can of worms on new windows when I started this.