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Kimberly Blessing Hi, my name is Kimberly Blessing. I'm a computer scientist, Web developer, standards evangelist, feminist, and geek. This is where I write about life, the Web, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind.

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It Eats the Page!

Kate brought this to my attention, and I haven’t been able to stop laughing (or shaking my head) since.

A coworker — a content programmer in the online media industry! — used the phrase “it eats the page” to refer to a hyperlink that, when clicked, opened the URI within the same browser window. In other words, the link didn’t spawn a new window. In other words, it followed the default behavior of the web. Duh! And this person was alarmed that said hyperlink was broken. (!!!)

Sigh…