This may be a B-cy question, but I noticed that when you click on some people's html links (Nilly's for example) a new browser page opens up, but if you use the html codes on the page with quick-edits you get a link that takes the clicker away from B.org (and why would anyone ever want to leave?). Can we modify the sample html code for links to open up a new page?

Wolfram, I'm just writing the line <a href="address" target="_blank">name</a> and the addition of target="_blank" instead of <a href="address">name</a> is what makes the link open a new browser page (or, at least, that's what I think does it - I'm actually embarrassingly HTML-ignorant).

Can we modify the sample html code for links to open up a new page?

It's simple enough to right-click and choose the option that opens a new window. I'd rather leave the auto-linky-code as is and give users the choice. Of course, if a poster hand-codes a link, they should be free to include the target attribute if they want.

Thanks Nilly, I've bookmarked your post for future reference.

I'd rather leave the auto-linky-code as is and give users the choice.

Okay.

Oh, and Nilly's html knowledge is correct - including target="_blank" always opens up a new window. You can actually replace _blank with anything, but if you use that anything again, the page will load in the same window that opened the last time you used anything. "_blank", however, will always open a brand new one.

Thanks, Jon.

See, Wolfram, your new tagline is true already.

Hey, is something up? Images are taking a loooong time to load for me. (Ie, the Buffistas logo, the "post message" button, etc.)

Things are zippy where I am, Jesse.

t edit Is the problem just with b.org? Are other sites loading quickly?

Huh. Look at that -- pictures are slow in coming up for me everywhere. Ah well. Carry on!

Jesse, B.org images are loading wicked frelling slow for me too. But LJ is fast -- although you're right, I think images are slow there too. Weirdness.