Though a few things have been fixed since last year, the criteria for the Website Award include a few oddities, namely:
5.28.2.5 Functionality and Interactivity. (25 points)
- Do external links open new, separate browser windows?
- Can I easily return to the website from an outside link?
If I'm interpreting the term "outside link" correctly, it would seem that these two criteria contradict each other.
And besides, the first criterion is quite bad thing to do with regards to usability; it should be up to the user if she wants to open a link in a new window or not.
Am I reading this wrong?