Passionate generalist conquering the web one project at a time. Whether authoring libraries for node, JS, PHP, or Rust, I am always on the lookout for better solutions to common problems.
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Lead Developer & Co-founder at corpscrypt, CTO at REtech
I disagree with some of the points in the first resource. This is especially noticable when navigating on markdown content like here on dev.to or on GitHub. As a user, I have a certain expectation of when content opens in a new tab. While there might not always be a good reason for opening a new tab, it is what I expect when I open linked resources. Breaking that expectation is often worse as intuitive behavior - ultimately UX - is not fulfilled. How often have you thought "I should have pressed Ctrl before clicking that link"? Personally, it happened too often for me while navigating GitHub.
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I disagree with some of the points in the first resource. This is especially noticable when navigating on markdown content like here on dev.to or on GitHub. As a user, I have a certain expectation of when content opens in a new tab. While there might not always be a good reason for opening a new tab, it is what I expect when I open linked resources. Breaking that expectation is often worse as intuitive behavior - ultimately UX - is not fulfilled. How often have you thought "I should have pressed Ctrl before clicking that link"? Personally, it happened too often for me while navigating GitHub.