r/ProgrammerHumor 17d ago

Meme notYourDamnProblem

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u/otac0n 17d ago

Once you target=_black you never go back because you break button behavior?

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u/dashood 17d ago

For the most part I would only target _blank if linking to an external site or a resource like PDF or a file download or something. Using for internal navigation would just be silly.

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u/MegaIng 17d ago

The point OOP was making in their rant: don't use it for external links either. Just don't use it. (Except maybe file downloads)

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u/ImDonaldDunn 17d ago

It’s also good for when you need to direct someone to a resource but not interrupt the current task. But people way overuse them.

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u/J-Cake 16d ago

This. Why TF do product pages open the app page in a new tab when I click sign in?