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On this topic: Please NEVER use target=_blank. If the user wants a new window or tab, then they can open a new window or tab. There are so many websites where n
by knorker 2y ago
On this topic: Please NEVER use target=_blank. If the user wants a new window or tab, then they can open a new window or tab. There are so many websites where navigating around for a bit makes you end up with 5-6 tabs open, all with broken history, thanks to this mis-feature.
_blank is evil and user hostile. Don't be evil and user hostile.
- hollerith 2y agoIt's too bad that you have to resort to pleading with the 10s of 1000s of web-site owners because the place where this problem is most easily addressed is with the 4 major browser owners (Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla). I.e., they have the power to remove the _blank functionality from the browsers.
- encom 2y agoI hate this so much. There are a few extensions that try to limit the damage, but none of them work super well. There's no reason for target=_blank to exist.