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- Alexandro P., Hilton Garcia Fernandes and Danial Behzadi and 4 others like this.
- Nicolas Doualot repeated this.
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We should probably make that an option.
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Thanks. identi.ca is a web "app", so clicking an external link shouldn't "close" it.
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I don't think so.
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@mfat You mean open links in new windows automatically, instead of using shift+click? :-/
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Yes. That's the case for Gmail, Twitter, Google Plus, ...
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mFat likes this.
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When you open a link shared in a social network, you usually want to check it out and come back.
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I don't want a babysitter. :) If I want, I use the ctrl or shift button + left click. Ok only as a configurable option.
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mFat likes this.
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Where it loads it--same tab, new tab, new window--is inconsequential in this designation. "Modern" web apps modify the page DOM.
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@mfat We have too many "I know better" users here. They won't accept this, either as a usablity improvement or as a sec…
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@lnxwalt: "i know better" really? we're all about choice, which kinda aligns w/ foss. Last time it was about security for you anyway, right?
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@lnxwalt: security comment was off base because i didn't read after truncation at 140. Sorry :+
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@hughbris No problem. Life would be boring if we all agreed on everything. I think on/off setting would be proper compromise here.
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@mfat Short: "NO!" Long: this has been brought up many times and it it wrong! No website should open links in new windows or otherwise...
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@mfat ...tamper with the users workflow. If a user wants a new window he can open it himself. Most ppl don't want new windows ever. ...
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@mfat ... target=_blank is a relic from the times when browsers didn't have tabs and should die a violent death, cause of abuse that it does
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@lnxwalt usability & security by opening links in a new window?!?! wtf?! 8-/
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