[Mediawiki-l] Re: Re: collection of dumb questions

[Jamie Bliss]

Brion Vibber wrote:
> Jon Kenoyer wrote:
> [clipped]
> > Question 3: How do I make an external link open in a separate window
> > instead of the current wiki window?
> 
> Right-click and select "Open in New Window". In some browsers clicking
> the middle button or control+click will also do it.
> 
> (I know, you're asking how to make a link do that automatically. You
> can't, and that's a Good Thing. Your users would curse you for forcing
> them to pop up new windows all the time without their permission if you
> did. It's easy for the user to override it one way, but very hard for
> the user to override it in the other direction.)

I'm annoyed with that, too. Maybe it should be an option in MediaWiki 1.3.4.

Also, Is there a good way to reply to a message in the digest?

-- Jamie
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