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Arguments for opening links in a new tab or window

  • Nicolas Hoizey
  • 14 March 2024
  • accessibility, UX
  • 9 reactions
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https://cloudfour.com/thinks/arguments-for-opening-links-in-a-new-tab-or-window/

A significant percentage of web professionals believe that opening outbound links in new tabs or windows provides a benefit to site owners. Why? Is it a digital urban legend? Or are people sitting on internal data showing big benefits to this approach?

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  1. Tamás avatar Tamás
    @nhoizey @grigs Let the user decide how he/she manages it's own browsing flow. That's could be the base rule. Do not want to think ???? with his/her brain ????... #ux Steve Krug: Don't make me think FTW.
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