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Discussion on: Open Links in a New Tab on Dev.to

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Chris James

I prefer it for the user to be in control of browser behaviour rather than the author. You can always middle click / control click / whatever when reading.

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rhymes

I agree with Chris :)

In addition, by adding "target blank" everywhere you take away the choice for the user.

This is my favorite article about this topic: When to use target=”_blank”

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Samuel O'Daniels

I prefer to be able to configure certain links to open in a new tab. Especially links to external domains.