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Best/securest way to open second window


George J

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Hi All,I want to set some graphic images as anchors that, when clicked, open a new window and display the first image but in a larger scale. Same as is very common in shopping websites.My question is what the best way to achieve this? My website is PHP/MySQL based but should I be looking at Javascript or Flash? Interested in what advantages one method has over the others.TIA

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Hi Deirdre's Dad,Thanks for reply. My question is really - what are the merits/concerns when choosing how to do it. Rather than how to code it. Perhaps, as you seem to imply, I should just get on with it.

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window.open gives you a bit more control over the look of the window (less than 10 years ago, however) than simply using a target attribute.Frankly, I think users are getting VERY used to the lightbox experience for this sort of thing, instead of new windows, which are a tad hard to manage. There are libraries out there (jQuery has one FWIW), and many variations on the theme, too.

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