affects debian(midori) affects midori done On dim., 2011-10-16 at 17:48 +0200, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote: > Package: midori > Version: 0.4.1-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi! > > I noticed another little flaw in Midori. > > When I middle-click on a (normal) link, the referenced URL is opened > in a new tab. This is great and very useful. > The new tab inherits the "browsing history" from the "parent" tab, > in the sense that I can use the back button in the new tab and go back > to the previously visited URLs. This is also very nice. > > When I click on a link with the target="_blank" property, the referenced > URL is opened in a new tab, even when I use the left mouse button. > As far as I know, this is mandated by W3C standards > (see http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#h-6.16), so that's OK, > even though I don't especially like web sites that force me to follow > links in separate windows or tabs... > > The flaw I noticed is that, when I follow a target="_blank" link, > the new tab fails to inherit the "browsing history" from the "parent" > tab: as a consequence, I cannot use the back button in the new tab, > in case I want to go back to the previously visited URLs. > > I hope this flaw can be fixed. > Forwarding upstream :)
-- Yves-Alexis
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