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Ask every site on the web to implement an account option vs. Let the browser handle it
by frou_dh 16y ago
Ask every site on the web to implement an account option
vs.
Let the browser handle it
- evo_9 16y agoGiven the relative ease of adding something like this I don't think it's as absurd a request as you are making it out to be. Also, if you are on the 'pro new tab' side of this and occasionally forget to hold down whatever extra key you need to for your particular OS, yeah it gets old; not to mention the hassle this adds when browsing on an iphone/ipad/etc. This change would have zero effect on any anyone; you'd have to go and turn on this option if it were added.
- frou_dh 16y agoMyself I guess I decide whether I want a new tab on a link by link basis, not site by site. Regardless, an account option on every site just seemed like epic logic bloat in aggregate. I do see the problem with touch screen browsers. Maybe a gesture like press and flick could open a link in a new tab. So my take is: never force a new tab, browser implementers should make it quick & easy to decide for yourself for each link.
- evo_9 16y agoAh yeah, see I hadn't even consider that. I suppose for most it's probably not an all or nothing choice. It's an interesting yet deceptively simple usability 'problem' the more I think about this now.