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> Do you really think there are people out there who read your website, click on a regular link and then go "Damn, it opened in the same window. I guess that th
by josefresco 5y ago
> Do you really think there are people out there who read your website, click on a regular link and then go "Damn, it opened in the same window. I guess that thing I was reading is gone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"?
Facebook does this. Their links open in the same window, but nuke the back history. I've clicked a FB link multiple times and then tried to go back and was justifiably confused (at first) and then upset (every time after).
- egeozcan 5y agoAre you using FB container in Firefox? This would be a known side-effect.
- josefresco 5y agoThat must be it! Now that I know it's Firefox protecting me, and not Facebook trying to trap me, I'm thrilled! Although from a UI perspective that should have been more obvious to me.
- olah_1 5y agoSimilar to doing ctrl+s five times in a row on a document, this pattern leads to the new anxiety driven UX of right clicking a link and carefully selecting “open in new tab”.