Popup Windows: Doing Them Right

Ah, the dreaded popup window, enemy of the free world! Thanks to loads of unscrupulous uses of the popup, many people feel exactly that way about such intrusive windows. There are some who say a popup window should never be used, and some that would use a popup for seemingly everything. The truth is that somewhere in the middle is where the truth lies.

There are legitimate reasons for using popups, only you know your business imperatives. Thos tutorial teaches the right way to handle opening new windows. JavaScript can be somewhat picky about how you bring a new window into being, and not doing things exactly right can leave you pulling out your hair.