Spanky's Place :: No More Hijacking

Category Technical

Every once in a while I experience a moment of self-realization whereby a fragment of truth comes shining through like a beacon in the night. The darkness and fog is burned away by the blazing glory of the morning sun...

Ok, enough poetry. I call these experiences "DUH!" moments. Most developers / engineers / tinkerers / chefs have these moments. An example of this would be when you first realized that perhaps this:

Sub CheckMailAddress (listNames As Variant)

Dim EmailAddress As Variant

Forall thisName In listNames
EmailAddress = Evaluate(|@DbLookup("notes":"nocache"; "Cougar/O_REMOVED"; "($People)"; @Name([Abbreviate]; "| & thisName & |"); "MailAddress")|)
' rest of code omitted
End Forall
' rest of code omitted

End Sub ' SendEmail

might not be the best way to accomplish something. (Yes, I found this code in a production appliction. Yes, I fixed it. No, I'm not going to tell you where it is from, but some of you may recognize it).

Anyway, the point I'm trying to get to is that I had a "DUH!" moment today. Anybody reading this blog is reasonably competent and capable of operating their browser. Up until today, most of the links on my blog would open a new window. This is called browser hijacking, and it pisses people off. I realize that you, gentle reader, are perfectly capable of making your own decision about whether or not you want a link to open in a new window (or tab), so starting today I will be removing the "New Window" calls from this site (it may take a day or so, there are a bunch of them).

Hope this helps!
-Spanky

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