I never proposed an "Are you sure?" dialogue, nor any dialogue at all; so I don't agree with your analogy. I much prefer "undo" to "Are you sure?" and I don't mind when "delete" deletes things. I do greatly mind when "this link provided for your reference while previewing" throws away what I'm previewing. I replied to the "there are other links already" argument in the other thread(s).

But, after some contemplation, I like the idea of having the user settings option control whether target="_blank" is used certain places and just always have the link to the item you are replying to (I don't see much point in also having a separate link to the author you are replying to, just FYI). I could see people wanting target="_blank" to be the default for "comment on" links, for example, or wanting <base target="_blank"> when previewing so all links are "safe".

(Update: /me idly wonders if CSS allows customization of target=.)

But I'll let someone else implement whatever of this. I'll concentrate on getting the new node cache actually in use, for now.

- tye        

In reply to Re^3: Links to OP and thread in replies (replying to yet again) by tye
in thread Links to OP and thread in replies by polettix

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