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Please don't make this change. My #1 pet peeve on the web is a page that opens new browser windows.

daleharvey 18y ago
just curious, why? I mean this isnt 5 years ago and sites are opening obtrusive windows that fill up the taskbar and ruin your history
- river_styx 18y ago
  It's just annoying. If I want to open a new window, I'll do that myself by cmd-clicking or some variant of that.
  - clint 18y ago
    Correct. Best practices are that you do not force your users into any particular browsing habit. Keep it consistent and do not open things in _blank that do not absolutely require it. There are a million tools for users to control their browsing experience ... in the browser. Do not force it in your application.
    - cabalamat 18y ago
      > Best practices are that you do not force your users into any particular browsing habit. Agreed. Is there a plugin in Firefox that ignores target directives and does it the way I want?
      - Zak 18y ago
        Try Tab Mix Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 It has a whole bunch of features, one of which is to force all links to open in the current tab.
diN0bot 18y ago
maybe it could be a preference. i personally run a greasemonkey script that not only opens links in a new tab, but inserts a topbar so i can vote and get to comments from the article page.
- jackowayed 18y ago
  First thing I thought was "greasemonkey" when I read this. But the extra features of your script sound pretty sweet. Is it online somewhere?
- ardell 18y ago
  Try Hacker News OnePage for Greasemonkey. I love it so far. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512
RossM 18y ago
I agree. I use the scroll button to open links in new tabs, but sometimes I really want to open a page in the same tab. This is only seconded by links that are something like: <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="someStuff();"> I sure do love opening a tab for javascript:void(0).

just curious, why? I mean this isnt 5 years ago and sites are opening obtrusive windows that fill up the taskbar and ruin your history

river_styx 18y ago
It's just annoying. If I want to open a new window, I'll do that myself by cmd-clicking or some variant of that.
- clint 18y ago
  Correct. Best practices are that you do not force your users into any particular browsing habit. Keep it consistent and do not open things in _blank that do not absolutely require it. There are a million tools for users to control their browsing experience ... in the browser. Do not force it in your application.
  - cabalamat 18y ago
    > Best practices are that you do not force your users into any particular browsing habit. Agreed. Is there a plugin in Firefox that ignores target directives and does it the way I want?
    - Zak 18y ago
      Try Tab Mix Plus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 It has a whole bunch of features, one of which is to force all links to open in the current tab.

diN0bot 18y ago

maybe it could be a preference. i personally run a greasemonkey script that not only opens links in a new tab, but inserts a topbar so i can vote and get to comments from the article page.

jackowayed 18y ago
First thing I thought was "greasemonkey" when I read this. But the extra features of your script sound pretty sweet. Is it online somewhere?
ardell 18y ago
Try Hacker News OnePage for Greasemonkey. I love it so far. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512

RossM 18y ago

I agree. I use the scroll button to open links in new tabs, but sometimes I really want to open a page in the same tab. This is only seconded by links that are something like: <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="someStuff();"> I sure do love opening a tab for javascript:void(0).