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Re: Question about links opening in new tabs/windows

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From: Greg Gamble
Date: Dec 3, 2013 1:21PM

The problem with this is that Browsers have tabbed windows todays, its normal to have more than one open tab. When Browser did not have tabs, a new window was actually a new browser instance ... and these stacked on each other, which was very confusing ... especially if they were minimized. But with tabbed viewing, not so much. My 75 year old mother has no issues navigating with tabbed windows. She gets what she wants, closes the tab, then goes back to the original one. But again, this is just my opinion and what I see from users I actually interact with.


Greg