Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:33:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>,
	Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, josh@agliodbs.com,
	pgsql-www@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
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On Wed, 17 May 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> Josh Berkus wrote:
>>>> Personally, I think that Martin was on the mark; we just need to
>>>> transform links so that they open in a new window ... which is
>>>> probably what our users want anyway.
>>>
>>> No, that is completely evil.
>>
>> Not really, it is pretty common to open a new window "if" the link takes
>> you from the original site you were viewing.
>
> Commonly annoying it seems. ;-)

Agree there ...

>> Although I don't think the step is required, I think we just need to
>> make sure people are offering something beyond a link if we are going to
>> post their item.
>
> Yep.

Don't disagree here ... but, its not that wide an area on the site, are 
things going to look 'bunched up' if we add a 'line of text'?  Do we need 
to somehow re-org the News/Events section on the site to accommodate the 
extra text?

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