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I'm going to add my 2¢ here: the main reason for not using _blank is to give users the ability to choose whether they want to open links in a new tab or not. M
by IlPeach 5y ago
I'm going to add my 2¢ here: the main reason for not using _blank is to give users the ability to choose whether they want to open links in a new tab or not.
More widely, from a UX perspective its use, as with any action the user can perform, should be clear on what to expect: e.g. using iconography that hints the opening is going to be in a new page, whether the link is pointing to a different domain, and stating what the link is about (i.e. no use of "click here").
This might not have been a conscious choice by the website designers, so not explaining why this is happening on those sites, but I hope it adds to the discussion.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y agoI wish sites would offer the same choice with PDFs. So many times it’s delivered as a download when I really just want to browse it within Safari rather than have it cluttering up my downloads folder. If I do want to download it I’ll select Save (or option-click, or whatever).
- hackernewds 5y agoThis can be solved easily by dumping Safari for Chrome
- noisem4ker 5y ago...or Firefox.
- m-p-3 5y agoIMO I'd prefer voicing a specific complaint than simply switch and let the developers wonder why I stopped using their product.
- Doctor_Fegg 5y agoSure, if I wanted a bloated performance hog of a browser that phones home at every opportunity.