Jeffrey Zeldman is one of the fathers of the Web Standards movement. When everyone was using Flash, he soldiered on and shouted for everyone to hear: “Hey, write it in HTML instead!”. Now, according to himself, HTML, CSS and Javascript are the de facto standard the Web is built on. During this year’s SXSW Festival, Zeldman gave an interview to .net magazine where he discusses these and other issues of interest to the Web industry.
If you build websites and enjoy coding according to Web Standards, then you’re probably aware that the XHTML 1.0 Strict specification leaves out a rather common attribute: target, which is used inside <a> tags to specify how the hyperlink should behave. With a value of “_blank“, the hyperlink would open in a new browser window (or tab), which is recommended if the link navigates away from the current site. (…) more after the jump ›
