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Old 01-06-2008, 15:08
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Originally Posted by jc8654 View Post
Some browsers open .doc files like PDFs inside the browser itself. And in that situation I've found it most convenient for the user to have the file open in a new window. It's like if you were downloading a zip you'd know that the web site hosting was still there when you closed or minimized the download window.
As we've stated, a new window can be achieved using javascript - there is no need to use this target="_blank" nonsense.
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