[thelist] To _blank or not to _blank

[Mark Gallagher]

Miriam Frost wrote:
>>Personally, I do the same thing you do.  Well, sort of - I middle-click
>>(in Moz this opens a new window), rather than having to access the
>>context menu.
>>That's why site authors setting target="_blank" really irritates me. If
>>I left-click on a link, it's because I *don't* want it to open in a new
>>window.  So if it *does* open in a new window, well...
>
> And that's why I like it when authors do that, so I don't have to bother!

But what happens if you don't want to open a new window?  For example, I
  find the bother of middle-clicking on each link I want to read from
zeldman.com, then left-clicking the last link, a lot less than having to
close the browser window when I'm done because I can't simply use it for
the next site.


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Mark Gallagher