A suggestion

[orvet]

Hi Bryan,
I have a suggestion for what I think is an easy programming fix.

When we click on a link that a member posts in a forum, the browser takes us from AAPK to the new site.
I notice on BladeForums that when I click on a link it comes up in a new window. Is there a way that we could make that change here?

The reason is that I am often very interested in the link and want to read the new web site,but when I have lost my connection to AAPK. So I have to copy the URL for the new site, open a new browser, paste the URL in there & click on it, go back to my original browser, & page back to AAPK so I am not interrupted from the post I was reading.

Has anyone else noticed this?
Does it bother anyone else?
Is it an easy fix?

Thanks Bryan for running the best knife site on the web!

Dale

[Hukk]

From my understanding of HTML it's just a command to open in a new window. How much work that is in php, I have no idea. I guess it would use more bandwidth.

Good idea - I like it. Thanks for bringing it up Dale - I agree, I'd like to see a link open in a new window also. Because it sometimes leads me to a long path elsewhere.

[tmwsiy]

right click > open in new window (or tab)

[needbucks]

Usually I just right click as tmwsiy said. Or, if I am using a wheel mouse and internet explorer, click the wheel and it will open in a new tab.

[pointythings]

Here's some simple instructions to make it happen in phpBB (the software used for this board):

http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/links-o ... w-windows/