300210 - Link is extern, so a blank-target would be better

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[bz]

Index: mozilla-org/html/support/index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/support/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.50 index.html
--- mozilla-org/html/support/index.html	24 May 2005 00:03:13 -0000	1.50
+++ mozilla-org/html/support/index.html	9 Jul 2005 20:44:56 -0000
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <ul style="clear: left; padding-top: 0.3em;">
       <li><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="firefox/">Official Online
Documentation</a></li>
 <li><a href="firefox/faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
-      <li><a
href="http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introduction_to_firefox">Intro to
Firefox</a><span style="font-style: italic;">&nbsp;(Nidelven IT)</span></li>
+      <li><a href="http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introduction_to_firefox"
target="_blank">Intro to Firefox</a><span style="font-style:
italic;">&nbsp;(Nidelven IT)</span></li>
       <li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Firefox">Knowledge
Base</a><span style="font-style: italic;">&nbsp;(MozillaZine)</span></li>
       <li><a href="#forums">Community Support Forums</a></li>
       <li><a href="#third-party">Third-Party Phone & Email Support</a></li>

Comment 1

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

Should be wontfix, IMO.

Comment 2

[fantasai]

It's better practice not to do that; users can open links in new windows or tabs
themselves if they feel like it.