New Window vs. New Tab if IE 7.0

[ammweb]

Hey all I just have a quick question. I'm used to coding my targets for link when I want a new IE to open with the "_blank" callout but since the new version of IE has come out, 7.0, i'm wondering what the new code is to tell the browser to either open a new instance of IE 7.0 or to just make a new tab. I'd like to be able to tell the browser that if it is 7.0 and can make use of tabs then to make a tab otherwise if it's a previous version I want it to just make a new window.

Anybody got any clues as to what we'll be doing with this new IE makeover and these issues?

[edited by: encyclo at 1:09 am (utc) on Dec. 14, 2006]
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[penders]

Can you target tabs in FF... Opera...? No, I don't think so. It's very much a browser setting at the client end. In FF for instance you can set it to open new tabs instead of opening new windows. I suspect IE7 is the same in this respect... unless they've gone and decided to whack some IE proprietary stuff in again?!

[beatbox]

Yes, this is not something you can do on your end. It all depends on the user's settings. Only they can decide if a link pops a new window or a new tab.