>As I said, default to open in a new window when clicking a thread/message link is GOOD for the reason you say (don't want to lose top part).
>
>but in the NEW window clicking on Map - which is said to have the message frame as its link target - it opens WITHIN the same window as where it was clicked.
>Now the messages in the map apparently (also) have the message frame as their target, just like the Map, YET THE MESSAGE ACTUALLY OPENS IN THE MESSAGE AREA of another window.
>It looks very incongruant to me. Shouldn't theyboth DO THE SAME THING???
>

Thank for helping me to practice my english :-)

Ok, lets draw a little window:

the normal UT window
___________________________
|                          |
|                          |
|  name:treadframe         |
|                          |
|__________________________|
|                          |
|  name:msgframe           |
|                          |
|__________________________|

the new window
___________________________
|                          |
|                          |
|  name:newwindow          |
|                          |
|__________________________|

The button target was "newwindow".
The msg links target was "msgframe".

When you click on the button the fisrt time, the target was "newwindow",
since IE cant find it, it open a new window wich respond to the "newwindow" reference.

When you click on the button in this new window, the target was always "newwindow",
but this time the reference exist and IE open the link in the same "newwindow".

Clear enough?

:-)