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[Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 12, 2011, at 06:39 PM, Martin Pool wrote:

>One putative reason they might be distinguished is that people like
>opening lots of tabs from Launchpad (as an accommodation for load time
>etc),

Not just for load times, but also for issues with navigation (many of which we
covered at the UDS sessions).

>and this doesn't always work for ajaxy links.  However, it is
>possible to make ajaxy links have a regular target that can be opened
>in a different window, and some of Launchpad's green links do work
>that way, and perhaps the others could just be considered (maybe low
>priority) bugs.

I do think it's nice that Launchpad visually identifies links that pop up
ajaxy windows and those that transport you somewhere else.  I've certainly
gotten used to the green meme for that, and I think it's one of the things
about Launchpad that works well.

-Barry