Links in posts

[Di_bear]

I like using target="_blank" for links that are outside of a website for various reasons. It's a pretty standard practice, especially if a website supports itself with revenue share. What I do not like is when a website opens its own links in a new window. That's supper annoying.

This forces users to open new windows or tabs, which I think is terrible. To me it's very bad user experience when compared to specifying no target and letting the user do what they will.

Well, we will just have to differ in opinion.

[dirt]

I like using target="_blank" for links that are outside of a website for various reasons. It's a pretty standard practice, especially if a website supports itself with revenue share. What I do not like is when a website opens its own links in a new window. That's supper annoying.

This forces users to open new windows or tabs, which I think is terrible. To me it's very bad user experience when compared to specifying no target and letting the user do what they will.

Well, we will just have to differ in opinion.

The difference really is options vs forced behavior.

If you have it setup to open all links in new windows, that's your only options. The behavior is forced upon the user. If you don't setup the website to behave this way, then the users has the option to allow the link to open in the same window, or right-click and open the link in a new window or tab.

Options for the end users is always better then forcing a single option on them.