do not open links in new windows

[mnagel]

many links open in new windows. in my humble opinion this is not wanted always (and seldom in my case).

as current browsers make it easy to force the creation of a new window/tab (e.g. hold ctrl or use the middle mouse button) but not so easy to prohibit the creation of a new tab/window, i suggest that http://go-search.org/ should not create new windows by default and everyone who wants new tabs can do so by pressing ctrl.

[daviddengcn]

How about all inner links(links to pages within go-search.org) opened in same window, while links to other site opened in new window?

[mnagel]

That would be an improvement, but even for external links I do not really see the point in spawning new windows. If I want a new window, I can get one with ctrl-click. If (without a new window) I want to go back from the project's page to it's gcse page I can voluntarily use the browser's back button.

I think this whole new window thing is rarely useful. Most of the time it is abused by marketers who fear that they drive away business if users are not forced to come back to the original page after closing the external link. Maybe it works, however in my opinion this is akin to a pop-under, and I think we all agree that pop-unders are evil.

[daviddengcn]

Reconsidering this problem, I've made the following policy:

• Links in the navigational pages are opened in a new window: i.e. links in each entries of the search results, links on the top list.
• Other links are opened in the same window, internal or external links.

Since search is not perfect, people have to open an item, check, and maybe come back for another one. Although ctrl-click is cheap, closing a windows is also not very expensive(ctrl+w).