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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

New Windows

Web pages that helpfully open a new window when I click a link were quickly on their way to becoming my latest pet peeve (if I want a new window, I'll hold down the shift key). Opening new windows is a horrible way to keep users from leaving your site. Digg is one of many offenders. That is until I discovered that Firefox can force the links to open up in the same tab/window. You'll find the setting in the "Tabs" tab in the Firefox preferences.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:21 PM

    Alternatively go your digg profile and change the "Opening Links to External Page" preference to "Never open in new window".

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  2. That's even better. ;)

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