![]() I want to browse the way I want to browse, and any sites that break that pattern are likely to annoy me, and that is not a good way to drum up business. And I’m sorry but the chances are that you don’t. You’re taking control of the situation away from the users, and assuming you know what is best for them. But if you’ve set target="_blank", only the one person in 80 who is smart enough to run Opera can choose to open that link in the current window/tab. Whether you’ve specified a target or not, the vast majority can open a link in a new window/tab if that’s what they want to do. At the top, next to 'Make Google Chrome your default browser,' click Set default. Most people who have a sophisticated enough browsing technique to make good use of having multiple windows/tabs are perfectly capable of shift+clicking or whatever other method they prefer to open a link in a new window/tab. Under 'Set defaults for applications,' enter Chrome into the search box click Google Chrome. If people follow a link away from your website and want to go back to it, they know how to do that by using the back button. ![]() The number of people browsing the web who don’t understand the back button is so small as to be statistically insignificant. Having a link open in a new window when you don’t want it to has always been annoying, but having a link open in a new window instance of a tabbed browser, rather than in a new tab, is even more annoying and potentially disorientating. If I click on the shortcuts they'll act as if they are about to. The shortcut looks like it is going in the right file path but or some reason it does not open. For about a month now, I have not been able to open up Google Chrome straight from either the desktop shortcut or from the pin bar. But now … does it mean open in a new window, or a new tab? Some browsers default to one, some default to the other, some make it a user preference setting. Google Chrome - Shortcut will not open from desktop. Once upon a time, target="_blank" meant ‘open in a new window’. While browser behaviour in most areas has converged over the years, this is one area where it has diverged, with the arrival of tabbed browsers into the mainstream. Regarding your comment about not forcing links to open in new window, what would you suggest to ensure that a visitor has the best user experience when visiting a travel directory with 6,000 manually reviewed listings?ĭon’t specify a target for the link, not in the HTML or with Javascript.
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