歐博思 Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:08 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:08 PM Seems that the vast majority of websites in China will open links in a new tab with a regular click. Is there a way to prevent this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:14 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:14 PM I thought that was a function of the browser not the website. I choose to have links open in a new tab in options in Firefox. You can choose no to this. Not sure if this is what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
歐博思 Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:46 PM Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 at 05:46 PM Idk. But I do know everything on this website will open in the same tab, whereas Baidu for instance always opens a new tab for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:10 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:10 AM Yep, this is a pain in the ass (it's not quite as obnoxious as opening a new browser window, but it's close, unless there's a good reason to open a new tab). I don't know of any browser add-ons etc. that can prevent this, though I'd be interested to know if any exist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseneb Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:10 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:10 AM Chinese web design preference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:25 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:25 AM Chinese web design preference I'm not sure it is a preference. Most of my Chinese friends find it just as annoying and pointless. I put it down to programming ignorance. I thought that was a function of the browser not the website. No. It is fully under the control of the website authors. Difficult, if not impossible, to override. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:41 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 07:41 AM I wonder if "programming ignorance" isn't too charitable, and it's not an intentional effort to encourage users to have the site open in the background 24/7, a la Skype's not-closing-when-you-click-the-close-button "feature". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flow Posted December 2, 2014 at 08:41 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 08:41 AM this is very obnoxious habit specifically of Chinese websites. it is basically caused by HTML `<a ... target="_blank">` and should entirely be overridable by a Firefox extension or somesuch. there's a good explanation here: http://www.sundoginteractive.com/sunblog/posts/target-blank-is-holding-your-users-hostage i tried this and it does seem to work: in Firefox, open a new tab and type in `about:config` as address, then type `browser.link` and change the settng from `3` to `1`. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 2, 2014 at 09:25 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 09:25 AM Oddly, that's exactly what this very website does (for external links anyway) and nobody's ever mentioned it. Probably the kind of thing best dealt with by a browser fix anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted December 2, 2014 at 11:10 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 at 11:10 AM External websites is one thing. It's when it opens another site on the very same website in a new tab for no good reason that it's annoying. Edit: @flow: I love you forever. Perfect, now I only ever have to open a new tab when I want to (and opening a link in a new tab still works just fine with ctrl+click). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerGe Posted December 8, 2017 at 09:10 AM Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 at 09:10 AM Is there any way to do this for other browsers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyJonesLocker Posted December 8, 2017 at 07:24 PM Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 at 07:24 PM 10 hours ago, RogerGe said: Is there any way to do this for other browsers? On 12/2/2014 at 7:25 AM, liuzhou said: No. It is fully under the control of the website authors. Difficult, if not impossible, to override. Fortunately, its just a matter of what @flow mentioned above. You can add the Chrome Extension (if you use Google Chrome) "Death To _blank" and it will prevent it. On the left click function the _blank will be removed. Other similar extensions but that one seems fine to me Chinese website design seem to be: more clutter on your desktop the better. The didn't really go with the Google and Apple minimalist approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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