From the lab: tBlank for jQuery
…written by Will and has 5 comments so far
How links are treated on websites is usually dictated by the nature of the link (e.g. external links are traditionally opened in a new window) This can often cause confusion for less web-savvy users as they are suddenly faced with a new page containing unfamiliar content. We wanted to try and improve this process, and so came about ‘tBlank’.
The tBlank plugin is essentially very simple. When a user clicks on a link, a quick check is done to determine whether it’s an internal or external link. If it’s an external link a popup is then shown giving information about the link itself and also the option to either open the link in a new window, or the one they’re currently in. Their decision is then saved in a cookie and remembered throughout the rest of the website.
And that’s pretty much it! If it sounds like your kinda thaaaang and you fancy giving it a try, why not visit the labs page below for more information, examples and usage instructions.
Usman Says:
Innovative thinking. Nice tool, Thanks.
May 4th, 2010 at 5:40 pmSagar Ranpise Says:
Hi,
Thanks for plugin, but I am not getting notification popup, pls. help me in making this work. If I add class external to the anchor tag it only loads in a new page and if I don’t add it then it opens the external url in same page. Popup is not coming…
Thanks & Regards,
June 10th, 2010 at 11:16 amSagar S. Ranpise
C-Lo Says:
tBlank is a great plugin. Thank you very much for sharing. But is there a way to automatically launch the popup when my page first starts up? I can only get it to work with clicking a link. I still can’t get the popup to auto launch on page load….
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
June 17th, 2010 at 11:06 pmRob Says:
Really good idea! I’ll be using this. It’s kind of a slicker version of the Facebook site when you click and external link.
October 24th, 2010 at 4:27 pmRobb Says:
Nice trty with the tblank pity it dont work. gnnnn
November 10th, 2010 at 5:50 am