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Would be nice if links opened a new tab. Good job.
by gboone 2y ago
Would be nice if links opened a new tab. Good job.
- mjcurl 2y agoThanks! I think it's a better practice to not open links in a new tab i.e users should have control over their experience. But it can be subjective.
- achow 2y agoOpening in a new tab has become some kind of standard UX. Regardless of that, for this kind of site it would be very useful for product spec comparison.
- Scoundreller 2y agoI’m a Ctrl-click kinda guy for these scenarios.
- samstave 2y agoAlways open in new tab. Ill keep track of the 437 I have open in 7 different FF windows, and the couple Edge tabs to hide cookies ThankYouVeryMuch EDIT: Yes ctrl-click is too much effort. Middle-click even. (Many forget a middle click on a mouse-wheel is also a ctrl-click/new-tab button, and the thumb button MOUSE4 is back)
- josefresco 2y agoThink about it this way: Will the user "lose their place" on your page if they click a link and go back? Will the user lose any filtering or search options? If the answer is yes to either, open in a new tab. I personally make this determination all the time, especially on social media after I've scrolled a lot and don't want my "progress" to be lost.
- mjcurl 2y agoThat makes sense to me, thank you. I have changed links to open in a new tab.
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- nfriedly 2y agoI think not forcing links to open in a new tab is the right call. However, the point about losing one's place is a valid one, and I agree with the other commenter that said it would be good to encode the state in the URL to solve that.