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Same, New Window, Or Tab? Let Users Decide Themselves

Sidebar note to the related article “Open New Window Still Has Usability Issues“.

If your applications open links in the same window, users can actually decide for themselves how they want to open the window. Current browsers support these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Click a link and holding Shift key opens link in new window
  • Click a link and holding Ctrl key opens link in new tab

Same window, new window, or new tab? Let the users decide for themselves. Just code your website to that all links open in same windows, as this will help the users in the best possible way.

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This entry was posted by Jesper Rønn-Jensen on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 10:32 (GMT-1) and is filed under Usability. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Same, New Window, Or Tab? Let Users Decide Themselves”

  1. Dave Sweeney Says:
    December 12th, 2007 at 13:44 (GMT-1)

    I am having issues with my browser forcing me to open some links in anew window, even though the other links on that page open with no problem. Any help would be great.

    Thanks