Should links open in new windows?
In my job, I get asked every now and then: “Can we make links to other websites open in new windows?” The reason generally given is to avoid “losing” site visitors.
The answer, in short, should be “No”. There are a couple of points to raise here:
The target attribute is deprecated, and not valid in modern web standards (i.e. no ‘target=”_blank”‘). However, the functionality could still be done using javascript and validating against web standards. So… why shouldn’t we just use javascript to do this? Continue reading Should links open in new windows?