Google Chrome and target="_blank"

LateSky

Hi,

Google Chrome seems to ignore and noticed the target="_blank" commands in my <a> tags, like in

<a href="http://www.sumgmug.com&quot; target="_blank">smugmug</a>?

Anybody notice similar?

-- sc

P.S. I find that the object load-speeds in Chrome are quite impressive even compared to FF 3+ (IE? we won't even go there : )

jfriend

Does chrome have user settings to control what happens when the browser requests opening a new window (open in new tab instead, ignore request for new window, block popup window, etc...)?

LateSky

jfriend wrote:

Does chrome have user settings to control what happens when the browser requests opening a new window (open in new tab instead, ignore request for new window, block popup window, etc...)?

Not that I can tell. The settings options are relatively limited compared to FF or IE. I noticed link issue right out of the box with the default settings; strange.

Can't find any similar issue-reports after several Google searches.

Side note: The sucka' is remarkably fast though, my smugmug images load blazing speeds. I see a "DNS pre-fetch" setting in the controls which may have something to do. Mozilla, are you listening?????

I'm still a little freaked about using Chrome, though, given privacy rumors concerning Google. Google Earth is amazing too if you haven't tried it. Hands down the most exciting product that I've come across on the Internet free or otherwise.

--sc

mbrady

LateSky wrote:

I'm still a little freaked about using Chrome, though, given privacy rumors concerning Google.

Just keep in mind that Chrome is open-source, so if Google suddenly decided they wanted to log your browsing habits and send them to Google, the code would be visible for all to see and there would be a massive internet storm of bad publicity.

LateSky

mbrady wrote:

Just keep in mind that Chrome is open-source, so if Google suddenly decided they wanted to log your browsing habits and send them to Google, the code would be visible for all to see and there would be a massive internet storm of bad publicity.

Thanks, I didn't know that (but now I do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome).

Probably a smart political move by Google to allow the code for Chrome (aka Chromium) to be open sourced just for the purpose to allay public concern as such.

Google Earth is simply amazing, even in it's free offering, and need I say anything about Google Search? Can a company that appears so altruistic up front actually have a nefarious global-consuming hidden agenda (I'll have to ask Dick Cheney )? I don't know but I just can't seem to shake that popular conception. How do they make all those billions anyway? One hit at a time, so to speak?

Chrome is really fast, however, noticeably when browsing my Smugmug site.

-- sc