"On a phone, this would be the expected behaviour." On a phone, I think it would be better if it opens a new tab (OK), and your focus is on that new tab. I think it's better, because if you're on your phone, and you click on the "twitter button", you can't immediatly realize if your click was ok. Somebody could click two o three time before realizing that webbrowser app already open two or three new tabs.
This is what actually happens with Firefox on Android and even with Explorer on Windows Phone. A new Ubuntu Phone user - coming from that user experience - should expect it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530376 Title: On desktop, target="_blank" link should open new windows, not background tabs Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In webbrowser-app, when you share a web page using the "share buttons", you get the wrong tab: you remain on the same tab instead being on the new tab. You can reproduce the bug every time, e.g.: 1) open the link http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/space-for-europe-and-for-all-humankind-a-brief-history-of-the-esa/ 2) click on the "social button Twitter" (see attacchment "1") 3) the webbrowser-app opens a new tab, but you remain on the first one (see "2") 4) if you click on the first tab, you refresh it so you can see the page (see "3") 5) if you click on the second tab, you can see the right page, and you can share the link (see "4") Happens with webbrowser-app 0.23+15.10.20150929-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 15.10 desktop and Ubuntu Phone OTA 8.5. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1530376/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
