just about every HTML competency test i’ve ever taken includes the question: “which of these will open a link in a new window”.

one of the answers will of course be the correct one:

target=”_blank”

but invariably one of the “incorrect” answers will be

target=”new”

and i just have to point out: if there isn’t already a window open with the name “new” (which more than likely there will NOT be) – that “incorrect” answer will also open a new window.

the question is never phrased as “which is best” or “which is correct”, but always “which of these will work”, implying that there is only one correct answer and the other options will not ever be valid, and that’s just wrong.

so, HTML test designers, stop making ambiguous questions, you jerks.

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