… you have been warned…
Do you set your links to open in a new window?
Psst…
A few people who searched for Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) were brought to my blog. My guess is that they are offered a place to do their undergrad studies in UMT. Congratulations! :) If you are one of them and have questions you’d like to ask, please feel free to do so. Otherwise, have a look at some pictures of UMT campus in my Flickr account.
Now, I have this very queer habit of setting my links to open in a new window. Each time, without fail, I’ll insert target="_blank" into all my out-going links before I published my post. And my only justification is that I do not wish to encourage my readers to navigate away from my blog whenever they clicked on the links in my post (as you can see, I’m very generous when it comes to linking other sites and blogs).
When I blog-hop, I open all links in a new tab so that I can continue reading whatever I am reading. And whenever I’m done with one blog, I’ll close the page and hop to the next one. Actually, this explains why blog-hopping is such a time-consuming, err, activity. In fact, I sometimes find it very annoying that out-going links open in the current window, when I’m not even done reading the post!
So, my question is, do you like it that way? Do all those new windows/tabs annoy you? Would you prefer to open a link in the current window, or would you prefer it to open in a new window? Why?
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I prefer having my browser open up in a new window. You’ll find preferences despite what website you visit just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean I’m not going to come back. I’ve heard that statement and I think that is ridiculous. Like yourself I questioned why this was “not acceptable” but I never received a justifiable reason so I ignored it.
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ColourfulWorld: Actually, that’s what I always do — right click on the link and select “Open Link in New Tab” but is that what other people do as well? I’m curious! :D
Rob: You were right to say that we should not assume that all our readers use tab-enabled browsers. And yeah, I’d think it’s spammy too if I were using IE and links open in new windows!! Thanks for the advice :)