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The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
by slazaro 9y ago
The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
- slig 9y agoThese conventions are there because it's the default, not because most people use them. Here on HN and most of the old reddit users certainly use that, but I doubt that the majority of reddit today (including the team of 20 designers making the new design) care about it "middle click to open in a new tab".
- JoshMnem 9y agomiddle-click or ctrl-click: open link in new tab shift-click: open link in new window Overriding the default browser behavior has no benefits.
- slig 9y agoI agree. My point is that they aren't overriding, they're just clueless. Using `onClick` instead of a proper link solves their problem and they don't even see the new one that they just created.