Where should in-galaxy links in news posts go?

[hexylena]

• target="_top", loads the galaxy page in the current window, navigating away from the news item (browser back button will return them to their previous location)
• target="_blank", opens a new tab

(noticed on nanopolish post which does neither of these things and we load galaxy-in-galaxy)

[bgruening]

I guess default can be _blank. Tool links and so on should probably open in the same window.

[bgruening]

Related, we should add this by default as well: https://www.jitbit.com/alexblog/256-targetblank---the-most-underestimated-vulnerability-ever/

[bgruening]

Can we go for _blank by default?

[hexylena]

After some discussion with will here, galaxyproject/training-material#912 I'm leaning towards agreeing with him. maybe this isn't so attractive.

[bgruening]

Not sure, _blank is what people expect and many site offer it. If we are concerned about the security, than we should use the linked workarounds above, no?

[hexylena]

The theory is that we should teach people the many ways they can open in a new tab (ctrl + click, right click + menu). If we use _blank, then we force everyone to open in a new tab, no matter what. If we do not use _blank, then people can do as they like.

Teaching people is hard, but I've started to lean in favor of that, rather than forcing this behavior on everyone when it isn't desirable for everyone, and there are options..

[bgruening]

The practice is that people complain that our website is broken. I'm not sure our mission should be to teach people how to use a web browser - especially not if we know that our users are not IT-affine.