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chrysoprace 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Hacker News but for independent blogs

That's a good user setting, but as opening in the same tab is the default browser behaviour then it should really stay that way. Opening in a new tab takes control away from the user.

el_io 18 days ago | [–]

Exactly. I prefer to open in the same page. If I want to open in new tab then I can always Ctrl + Click. I don't think I can do the reverse though.

RossBencina 18 days ago | | [–]

This. Principle of least surprise.

reactordev 18 days ago | [–]

Next they’ll be defending full screen div paywalls.

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