We do, however, open the link in a new window when someone clicks the
headline.
This seems asymmetrical. But I understand (and agree with) your argument.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Christopher Patterson <
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> I'm not generally a fan of sites targeting a new window by default.
>
> If I'm playing with filters to fine-tune my jug (or just tinker with
> various results), and I click through to a linked site, I don't lose the
> adjustments to those filters when I click the back button - at least, based
> on my test just now on dev.melkjug.com my filter change appears to have
> been preserved.
>
> Unless there are cases where users might lose data by navigating away, I'd
> lean towards not opening new windows.
>
> I suppose we could consider that being an account-level preference - some
> folks may have very strong feelings on both sides of the "new window"
> approach.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Randall Leeds wrote:
>
>  How do we feel about rewriting links to have them target a new window/tab?
>> I keep accidentally clicking links in my articles and moving away from
>> Melkjug.
>>
>
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