Peak Oil News and Message Boards

Many links open in a new window (e.g. Last 24 hours).

Not sure if this is by accident or design..

Either way, can I vote for removal of

target="_blank"

from the links.

You should get a modern browser like Firefox that opens links in a new tab, rather than a new window. Opening in tabs is better than having to hit "back" several times to get back here.

I wish all the links would open in a new window. I'm a multi-tasker. I generally will open a thread and read a bit of it, then flip back to the original thread and read a bit and so forth. Under the old version of the software all links opened in a new window. Most of them now open in the same window so you have to finish reading the link before you go back to the thread. Of course you can always right click the link and force it to open in a new window, but that's a pain. I don't see any particular advantage to tabs vs. windows. I generally have four or five browser windows open and sometimes several tabs in each one.

I use firefox, and already use the new-window => new-tab feature.

I'm not arguing for all links to open in the same window. Just the ones on the front page.

I think this logic is reversed.

With the forum, it makes sense for the links to open in a new tab/window (since people read many topics), but they do not. Here I need to right-click or ctrl-click.

With the home page, it makes sense for the links to open in the same tab/window, but they don't. I have to accept the new tab, and close the old one.

Most of us come to read the forums, and use the last-24-hrs link. Why would you want the home page to be kept open in another tab/window? What other site forces the visitors to keep the home page open in another tab/window?

FishAreBest wrote:I use firefox, and already use the new-window => new-tab feature.--snip-- I have to accept the new tab, and close the old one. Most of us come to read the forums, and use the last-24-hrs link.

If you have a suggestion, please post it in the Suggestion forum

What other site forces the visitors to keep the home page open in another tab/window?

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FishAreBest wrote:Most of us come to read the forums, and use the last-24-hrs link. Why would you want the home page to be kept open in another tab/window? What other site forces the visitors to keep the home page open in another tab/window?

I rarely if ever see the home page (no offense to those who post news stories there )

The "new posts since last visit" is the page I have bookmarked. It opens directly to what I want to see (most recent threads), regardless of whether I've remained logged in or whether it's been long enough that I've been logged out.

I used to do the same thing with "last 24 hours" instead, and I think that worked well too, though perhaps not once you're logged out. Probably would work for the Forums page as well.

One time I ended up at the home page inadvertently and didn't even recognize it -- "what's this? what's it got to do with peakoil.com?"

dude its not a accident,
its design....
and its sometimes helpful, but not all the time,
sometimes its really boring......

should be fixed...