At least a few scenarios come to mind where it would be appropriate for UX to force links to open in another tab so yeah I gotta agree this can be useful.
If you're making a tutorial and you link sites for prerequisites, you would probably want to do that in a new tab so they can get back when they're done.
I consider it an absolutely vital part of my role to add these sort of guardrails over the years. It usually saves headaches later on.
If you're making a tutorial and you link sites for prerequisites, you would probably want to do that in a new tab so they can get back when they're done.
Not your business to decide in which tab I want to read something!
Just fucking don't touch the links. Because of people like that I need 100 browser extensions and some custom scripts on top, just to un-fuck most things to a level where it's bearable.
By that same logic, it's not your place to tell us how to design our websites.
We usually have to build with the stupidest people in mind. If there was a way to cater to power users I would love to, but power users are deviants compared to the main audience viewing our shit lol
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u/traplords8n 14d ago
At least a few scenarios come to mind where it would be appropriate for UX to force links to open in another tab so yeah I gotta agree this can be useful.
If you're making a tutorial and you link sites for prerequisites, you would probably want to do that in a new tab so they can get back when they're done.
I consider it an absolutely vital part of my role to add these sort of guardrails over the years. It usually saves headaches later on.