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>> There are redirect-removal addons which re-write the original URL correctly, but the on-click handlers mangle the target of the link if the event is not bloc

>> There are redirect-removal addons which re-write the original URL correctly, but the on-click handlers mangle the target of the link if the event is not blocked. On-click event handlers should never have been allowed. Hijacking the browser UI is never in the users interest.

aembleton 5y ago
I was going to upvote you, but unfortunately it required an on-click event handler.
- zootboy 5y ago
  Except that's not true at all. HN works with javascript entirely disabled, and the upvote buttons become actual links.
  - aembleton 5y ago
    Just tried it and that is true. I take it back.