16 comments

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  Matt Shaulis

  1 year ago

  i know I'm not alone as somebody who is not a fan of links opening in new windows "for me", i am fully capable of opening something in a new tab if i so desire. ... if it's an application like web mail or something, sure... i can see the new window being a feature... but blog to blog there is (should be) so much linking around that a traffic nabbing target="_blank" really is an interruption to an afternoon stroll through the web. I use a simple bookmarklet to change all links to open on the current page, and i use it on sites that i *know* open new windows (like digg and certain blogs) ... but it's bothersome all the same. kudos for the choice to get rid of them.
  
  P.S. Awful browser, IE has [or at least used to have] an option in the context menu, "Open in this window" in addition the "...new window" option.
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  Thanks, Matt. That sounds like a useful little bookmarklet to have. Got a link to it?
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  Matt Shaulis

  1 year ago

  i don't have a link to the one i've got per se (I wonder if i could just paste the js...) , but a quick Live search turned up this link: https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/pagelin... which has what amounts to the same bookmarklet, as well as the reverse, turning all links into new window links... (and actually a couple other neat things).
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  Ahh yes, the master page for useful bookmarklets.. I linked to this site in a previous article called "my bookmarklets, let me show you them!" Obviously, I didn't do enough exploring of the site back then.
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  Corvida

  1 year ago

  Links opening in a new window or tabs are the standards these days (almost). I would prefer it did it automagically instead of me having to go through keyboard shortcuts. Plus, I think a lot of people use it to keep users on their site while exploring another site's content, which has its benefits. This is what I prefer rather than the link opening on the same page.
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  This is a compelling argument, Corvida. But there has to be a plugin that forces all links to open in a new window or tab, and the same can't be said for the reverse. If I find one, I'll link it up here.
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  Franklin

  1 year ago

  I am tab junky as well. I love Tab Mix Plus and force everything to a new tab. The open in a new window does not bother me in the least. I also use Colorful Tabs addon to help distinguish one tab from the next.
  
  BTW I also middle click all links which goes to a new tab.
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  At least for FireFox, Tab Mix Plus has an option to force all clicked links to open in a new tab. Here's a version that works with firefox 3:
  
  http://tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7031
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  robneville73

  1 year ago

  AWESOME!!! I was really missing this in FF3...clicking those tinyurls from twhirl kept stomping on whatever page I had open (on Windows) and in FF2 the only way to stop it from doing that was this plugin. I wasn't aware they had it working with FF3. FWIW, on my Mac, regardless of the browser if I click on a link from anything other than the browser it forces it into a new browser window...much more natural for me.
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  Julian Baldwin

  1 year ago

  As a Firefox advocate I solved the problem by installing Cool Iris "Previews" which permits browser in browser viewing. When I hover the link a small blue icon appears and if I hover the icon a new and smaller window opens. As soon as you hover away from the new window you're left where you started. It's made browsing so much more efficient. There are features like being able to stack the previews, which minimizes the screen and anchors it to the right side of the browser. You can actually pop out of a preview into a full fledged window. Highly recommended.
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  I will have to check this out! Is the plugin FF3 compatible yet?
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  Shey

  1 year ago

  Yup, I'm using Cool Iris with FF3, it's pretty interesting, but can get annoying at times (like hovering over small linked icons). Overall though, I like it
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  Nikos Anagnostou

  1 year ago

  Hm, I always opted for anchors opening in a new window, but, there, you did it, I might change my mind!
  It was the choice argument that mattered.
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  Phil Glockner

  1 year ago

  Are you speaking about your own blog, Nikos, or in your browser?
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  nikan

  1 year ago

  My blog
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  Shey

  1 year ago

  I for one am thrilled that you're taking away the target="_blank"
  
  BTW, if you're using PC and have a mouse with a clickable wheel, you can use the wheel click to open in a new tab / window.