It’s overriding my browser preferences. That should not happen.
Comment on Why does lemmy have it, so any link takes you off the page instead of opening in a new window?
emax_gomax@lemmy.world 9 months agoThats subjective. Different people have different opinions on how this should work. Making the default open in the current tab still allows you to have the alternate behaviour with ctrl+click or middle-click. The reverse does not.
JoBo@feddit.uk 9 months ago
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 9 months ago
What browser preference is this, exactly? I’m not aware of any browser having a setting to open every single link in a new tab.
JoBo@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I found a bunch in Firefox config settings. One was so extreme that on Kbin, refreshing the feed would open a new tab. In Lemmy, nope, didn’t work.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Calling BS on that. There is nothing in lemmy’s link that would force opening in the same tab. Proof:
- there is nothing preventing middle-click/shift-click/context menu from actually working as intended
- there is nothing on the
aelements related to that, anyone can see it on every page
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 months ago
A simple checkbox in the settings allows users to choose which option they’d prefer.
Serinus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“just add a setting” is generally bad software design. If you have a million toggle switches, it makes it difficult to test the various combinations.
Sometimes an option is useful enough that it’s worth adding to settings. I don’t think this is one of them. Just use middle click or Ctrl+click or back arrow.