30 Oct
2008
30 Oct
'08
12:21 p.m.
Hi,
I'd like to propose that the default target option for link insertion in the
new WYSIWYG editor be as follows:
- Internal link: use the default target (not specified)
- External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a new tab
/ window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr wikis such
as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the links
points to outside of the wiki)
So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki.
WDYT?
Guillaume
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30 Oct
30 Oct
12:25 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Default link target options in the new WYSIWYG editor
+1
Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to propose that the default target option for link insertion in the
new WYSIWYG editor be as follows:
- Internal link: use the default target (not specified)
- External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a new tab
/ window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr wikis such
as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the links
points to outside of the wiki)
So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki.
WDYT?
Guillaume
12:25 p.m.
+1
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to propose that the default target option for link insertion in the
new WYSIWYG editor be as follows:
- Internal link: use the default target (not specified)
- External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a new tab
/ window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr wikis such
as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the links
points to outside of the wiki)
So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki.
WDYT?
Guillaume
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Jean-Vincent Drean
12:28 p.m.
Hi Guillaume,
We've had this discussion in the past already and Sergiu and others
made a strong argument against doing this. Their point is that it's
the user who should decide and all browsers have features to decide
whether to open a link in the same page or in another page and it
shouldn't be dictated to the user.
I think one solution would be to make this configurable. Then we need
to decide what would be the default (off probably).
Thanks
-Vincent
On Oct 30, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to propose that the default target option for link
insertion in the
new WYSIWYG editor be as follows:
- Internal link: use the default target (not specified)
- External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a
new tab
/ window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr
wikis such
as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the
links
points to outside of the wiki)
So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki.
WDYT?
Guillaume
12:45 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Default link target options in the new WYSIWYG editor
Vincent Massol wrote:
Hi Guillaume,
We've had this discussion in the past already and Sergiu and others
made a strong argument against doing this. Their point is that it's
the user who should decide and all browsers have features to decide
whether to open a link in the same page or in another page and it
shouldn't be dictated to the user.
And I keep my opinion. -1.
I think one solution would be to make this
configurable. Then we need
to decide what would be the default (off probably).
+1
On Oct 30, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to propose that the default target option for link
> insertion in the
> new WYSIWYG editor be as follows:
>
> - Internal link: use the default target (not specified)
> - External Links: use target_blank to force opening the page in a
> new tab
> / window (at a later stage we could do the same thing that otehr
> wikis such
> as Confluence or MediaWiki and add a small icon showing that the
> links
> points to outside of the wiki)
>
> So that the user does not lose contact with the wiki.
>
> WDYT?
>
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12:54 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi Guillaume,
We've had this discussion in the past already and Sergiu and others
made a strong argument against doing this. Their point is that it's
the user who should decide and all browsers have features to decide
whether to open a link in the same page or in another page and it
shouldn't be dictated to the user.
For a second I thought we were trying to please 90% of the users,
those who don't know that this behavior is configurable ;)
99% of the times I've configured "target" in the past was to be sure
that users wouldn't be sent away from the current website when
clicking on an external link, but that's just me.
JV.
1:08 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Default link target options in the new WYSIWYG editor
Jean-Vincent Drean wrote:
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Vincent Massol
<vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Agreed. + As I understand Guillaume's proposal, it is not about
dictating to the user, but just providing a default value, free to the
user to modify it if needed. (a default value which would match most of
the time what the user really wants.)
Jerome.
Hi Guillaume,
We've had this discussion in the past already and Sergiu and others
made a strong argument against doing this. Their point is that it's
the user who should decide and all browsers have features to decide
whether to open a link in the same page or in another page and it
shouldn't be dictated to the user.
For a second I thought we were trying to please 90% of the users,
those who don't know that this behavior is configurable ;)
99% of the times I've configured "target" in the past was to be sure
that users wouldn't be sent away from the current website when
clicking on an external link, but that's just me.
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1:13 p.m.
On Oct 30, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Jean-Vincent Drean wrote:
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Vincent Massol
<vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
So you now disagree with you earlier +1 ?
Thanks
-Vincent
Hi Guillaume,
We've had this discussion in the past already and Sergiu and others
made a strong argument against doing this. Their point is that it's
the user who should decide and all browsers have features to decide
whether to open a link in the same page or in another page and it
shouldn't be dictated to the user.
For a second I thought we were trying to please 90% of the users,
those who don't know that this behavior is configurable ;)
99% of the times I've configured "target" in the past was to be sure
that users wouldn't be sent away from the current website when
clicking on an external link, but that's just me.
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