Popups are good for the reason that Decius suggests -- it's handy to be able to have one window for reference as one types into another. Choice is good. Provide a reasonable default bookmarklet, but then give folks a chance to use the other kind.
Decius wrote:
Do you think the Recommend and Discuss Bookmarklets should pop up a new window?
IE's pop up blocker can't tell the difference between a pop up ad and a bookmarklet, so I've had to make new bookmarklets for IE that don't pop up a new window. In truth, the IE bookmarklets work in Firefox, and the Firefox bookmarklets work in IE (assuming you disable pop up blocking) so its possible for users of each browser to use the kind of bookmarklets they prefer.
I prefer to have a new window pop up because I like to refer to the original article while I'm editing. However, I'm wondering what the rest of the site thinks. One might reasonably ask why I don't just let users choose which bookmarklets they want to install. The reason is that MemeStreams is intimidating enough to new users without having to ask them to make a decision about that when first joining the site.
So what are your thoughts? Pop ups good or bad?
