WebAim’s take on new windows – if you’re going to use them, let the user explicitly know that the link that they’re going to click on will open in a new window. So as you’re reading, I’m referring to an other source. Please consider, that maaaaaany (way too far) people don’t know the “Back” button! Doing any kind of work. It is also worth noting that users can force a link to open in a new window/tab by [Meta Key]-clicking a link. on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and all your favorite sites ☆ Block third-party trackers and protect your privacy ☆ Browse safely by blocking … How to Turn Off Ads on YouTube. What should developers do with their links? I don’t quite see why my preference (as a user!) There is still no need for opening links in another window/tab — doesn’t make any sense to me. That UX Movement article is garbage. All IEs before IE9 could not parse such page and prompted a download dialog instead and that’s why nobody really used real XHTML, because it just wouldn’t work in IE :), Ugh…my post got messed up… Infinite scrolling is tricky. Thanks for this post. No. DOH! It can be good UX in one sense because it can deliver content without interruption. Having said that, I would concede that there is possibly some doubt over which tab to go back in. And thus less comfortable with your forcing of a different behavior. % of people told us that this article helped them. All this logic sounded reasonable to me until the responsive site we are building hit a snag opening a new windows on windows mobile. ), I do see value in preserving that activity. The “Good Reasons” section is solid one I think we’ll be implementing from now on. Different horses for different courses. So, in summary, the only good use cases for target=_blank would be better served with JS handlers; therefore target=_blank should never be used. As far as PDFs are concerned, I’m 50/50 on that one. You don’t have to reload the original page, or worry about losing your spot. Il existent quelques solutions, heureusement, pour contourner adblock. Thanks once again for clarity in this world of mayhem ;-). If the media is playing, handle links in a special way. but people used it anyway since it worked. I tend to open links in a new tab or window in the browser when I want to. Opening a link in the same tab would make it difficult to resume. There are two more values that have to do with frames: _parent: – Loads the page into parent browsing context, and if there isn’t one, behave the same way as _self. :), (well, nowdays it works a bit smarter, when an onclick event is involved before window.open browsers generally let it be), I’ve never seen a pop-up blocker that blocked windows opened by target="_blank" :). Come to think of it, I haven’t used target _blank in a long time. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. That’s exactly what I’m doing with links. Now if more sites adopted this mentality it would be another story. 1