From: john at keeping.me.uk (John Keeping)
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ui-shared: add homepage to tabs
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:32:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160223143222.GL1766@serenity.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHmME9p9AjhsdY4H1AqbO=BvSkx=YjqMBa=QVLPDuuw4yazAFA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 03:26:28PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Peter Colberg <peter at colberg.org> wrote:
> > Would you reconsider opening the homepage link in the current tab
> > by default? This way visitors have the option to open the homepage
> > in new tab if they like (e.g., using middle-click), but they are not
> > forced to do so.
>
> As I understand it, this is one of those things where people who
> learned HTML in the 90s love target=_blank, but Web 9.0 hipsters now
> all deplore target=_blank, for good reasons probably, and write
> articles in markdown decrying the use. Unfortunately, I'm one of
> those 90s luddites. So...
>
> Does anybody have strong opinions one way or another about this? I'm
> happy to get rid of target=_blank if others care about this too.
I prefer being in control of where links open and get annoyed when it
seems like nothing has happened and I have to hunt for a new tab so I'm
with Peter in favour of removing it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-23 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-22 15:39 Jason
2016-02-22 15:39 ` [PATCH 2/2] cmd: redirect empty about/ to homepage or summary Jason
2016-02-22 15:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] ui-shared: add homepage to tabs Jason
2016-02-22 17:03 ` john
2016-02-22 17:12 ` Jason
2016-02-22 17:29 ` Jason
2016-02-23 6:49 ` peter
2016-02-23 14:26 ` Jason
2016-02-23 14:32 ` john [this message]
2016-02-23 14:36 ` Jason
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