Ask HN: Should HN links have a target="_blank"?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1759875

by carlos • 16 years ago

3 6 16 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

opening to a new browser window when clicking a link to an external site?

matt2224• 16 years ago

No.

bradleyjoyce• 16 years ago

I would definitely prefer it if they did... I often visit the linked article and end up clicking around a bit on the site, which prevents a 1-click back button to return to HN to comment on the link here.

knurr• 16 years ago

Yes, just in case I break my mouse-wheel, right mouse button and control key all on the same day.

madhouse• 16 years ago

No. If I want to open in a new window/tab, I'll use the appropriate modifier.

mhd• 16 years ago

I generally dislike those kind of links. Unless you watch your status bar (given that it's turned on and your browser supports this feature), you don't know what's going to happen. Whereas if you manually option-click/middle-click, you've got a behavior that you can count on (also, quite often you want open in background anyway).

pasbesoin• 16 years ago

Here you go:

https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/pagelinks.html#targe...

Ask HN: Should HN links have a target="_blank"?

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