Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:30 am
Yes, locally I can make the appropriate key stroke. For Safari it is "Control-Click", and a new tab opens, not a new window, as I prefer tabs to windows.
However, from a web page/traffic management perspective, I prefer to not rely on the individual user and their settings to maintain a position in their browsing.
Granted, SH might not be that big on traffic count, page views, etc. And maybe the auto-redirect causes a return through the Board Index which increases page views.
For my web sites, which are company/product oriented, I don't want to redirect them from the site so they go and get lost somewhere else in the window they started in. I'd much prefer to have them exploring my site, find something interesting, and not have to rely on them to come back later.
I don't deny there is a difference in business models, so I'll let SH do or not do what he sees fit.