May 01 2009

Friday Tiny Home Roundup – May 1, 2009

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4 Responses to “Friday Tiny Home Roundup – May 1, 2009”

1. # Darrellon 01 May 2009 at 9:27 am

   I always open links in a new tab. That way when I’m finished reading what’s there I just close the tab, and I back at the previous page. Saves waiting for the previous page to reload.

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   Steph Reply:
   May 1st, 2009 at 9:51 am

   That’s the way I usually operate, as well. I’m noticing however that a lot of other sites choose to open their links in the same window. Don’t know if that’s a game they play to increase their page hits or something else. Figured I’d try one round up this way and see what my readers preferred.

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2. # Ed Davieson 01 May 2009 at 10:24 am

   I too normally open links in a new tab. However, when I’m done with a page (finished reading and following the last link I want to follow) I open the link the same tab to save myself coming back later and rescanning the page, wondering what I also meant to look at (I have the memory of the proverbial goldfish).

   I general, I think it’s presumptuous for a web site to dictate the style of browsing to the user. If you leave the links untagged then the reader can choose whether to open in the same tab, a new tab or a new window, which is much better.

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   Steph Reply:
   May 1st, 2009 at 10:51 am

   Ed, that’s a really good point. I didn’t realize that I was reducing a user’s options by specifying how a link should be opened. I’ll keep that in mind for future roundups. (And fix this one if I have a few minutes to catch my breath today.)

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