HTML: The Definitive Guide
They teach you that learning HTML is like learning any other language and that reading a book of rules can only take you so far. Readers begin writing what may be their first Web page just two pages into the book's second chapter. From there on, they provide a wide range of HTML coding to allow readers to learn from good examples. The book includes a handy "cheat sheet" of HTML codes for quick reference.
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If you've ever used a strict doctype and used the target attribute on links you'll notice that it doesn't validate. Here is an easy solution.
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At some point, developers need the ability to do it at least. The W3C depreciated target="_blank" because they felt it was more of a behavior and would best be accomplished using javascript.
It doesn't validate for a reason - because opening links in new windows is bad for accessibility.