Re: [webmaster] Opening links in new windows is irritating

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 08:37:02AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Francis Irving wrote:
> >
> > >>> If navigation is done correctly then _BLANK should not be required. The
> > >>> only time _BLANK should be used IMHO is when the link takes you to a
> > >>> different site.
> > >>
> > >> Right.  I have seen that done.
> > >
> > > Since nobody seems to object, and quite a few people approve, could
> > > you make the change, and remove the _BLANK?
> >
> > I object.
> >
> > When someone uses our search system (or any search system...), they will
> > want to display more than one page, so opening the results in new windows
> > is fine.
> >
> > However, if there were a tag that will force to open in new tabs, it would
> > be better -- I love mozilla engines...
>
> If I want to keep my current window position, I use Control-Click in
> Mozilla on a link to open a new tab.  I don't expect a link to open its
> own window, and I don't know a way to prevent that in Mozilla.

Yes -- I use the middle mouse button, which even opens it in a new tab
on Firefox.

Francis