HTML question: sizing and positioning secondary/child windows ? Summary

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Earlier this week, I wondered whether it was possible to display, then  
resize, a secondary browser window without recourse to JavaScript (JS)  
or CSS--that is, using nothing more than standard HTML. The consensus  
seems to be that it isn't. Moreover, apparently the "target=blank"  
option has been deprecated by The Powers That Be, and may no longer be  
supported in future releases of the HTML standard.

That being said, the situation isn't necessarily dire. The best  
statistics that I've seen suggest that only around 10% of browsers have  
JS turned off, so it's possible to resize the window for most of your  
visitors, and there are options to prevent the link from turning into a  
dead link for those who do visit with JS turned off.

Details and useful links:
http://mikezornek.com/archives/2003/08/18/a_better_popup_window_link.php
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/javascript/popupwindows.html
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/popuplinks/
http://javascriptmadeeasy.com/win.htm

Sample JS code for those who might want to do it that way:
<A HREF="#"  
onclick="window.open('http:// 
www.url.com','popup','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,me 
nubar=n
o,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,copyhistory=no,width=480,height=350')">

Thanks to Sean Hower, Jim Royal, Michael Strickland, and Marj Tiefert  
for their suggestions.

--Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)


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