yeah, no prob. thx a lot for your info. but letting the user decide whether to open a link in a new window or not is a bit "risky". most users have no idea of what they are doing... smile
but the javascript explanation sounds quite logical

ok, adding target="_blank" was no prob in profile.php, but how do i do it in viewtopic.php?
AND
is there no equivalent xhtml cmd for target="_blank" ?!

I consider this a bug. I really don't want that by clicking a on a members website, the link opens in the same window. it should open in a new window! somewhere, a <target="_blank"> is missing. think it would be very easy to fix this, how can i do it manually?!?