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Just use a button

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284 points moebrowne | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.521s | source
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lyricaljoke ◴[31 Oct 25 18:27 UTC] No.45775130[source]▶
My very similar pet peeve is about websites that use `onclick` handlers and similar to implement navigation. Just use a damn anchor tag, which gets you correct link behavior for free:

* works with middle click for new tab

* integrates with accessibility devices

* works with right click + open in new window or similar options

* etc. etc. etc.

If it's notionally navigation, don't use javascript soup: use a link.

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Findecanor ◴[01 Nov 25 06:31 UTC] No.45779654[source]▶
I tend to open most links with a right click and then the first menu option: "Open link in new tab", and done so fast enough that I have not actually read the menu. But when the "link" is not a link but just an image, I have then instead clicked on "Open image in new tab".

This has especially been annoying when I have happened to use DuckDuckGo's image search instead of Google's or Bing's and instead of having opened ten tabs with links, I have ten tabs with a thumbnail in each ...

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1. johntash ◴[01 Nov 25 06:59 UTC] No.45779741[source]▶
In case you want to save a few seconds of your life, you can also middle click or ctrl click instead of right clicking + left clicking on the menu.
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2. Hemospectrum ◴[01 Nov 25 20:24 UTC] No.45784998[source]▶
...Except on websites that override this to make those links open in the current tab, or just silently fail.

On the modern web, the menu is more reliable.