I visit www.domaining.com most every day and one of the things that bothers me the most is the fact that they break one of the web design rules that most websites follow.
Here is the rule....
1. Any article on the originating website opens within the same tab.
2. Any article linking to an outside website opens in a new tab.
Why is this important?
Well let's start....
I go to domaining.com and look at the headlines and sure enough when I click it the new site opens in the same tab and I say to myself, ok I can just hit the back key. Then I read the article and it has another interesting link and I click on it. Now before you know it domaining.com is the furthest from my mind because I have been sucked into the internet of things. As far as hitting the back button that is long forgotten. I am done, close my tab and go on with my day. The next day I wonder how I missed reading some of the articles. Wash rinse repeat and I miss a number of articles.
Now had domaining.com opened the article in a new tab then when I was done and I closed the tab for the article I would have seen the original domaining.com tab and realized I had not finished reading all the stories.
This is a UNBREAKABLE rule of mine. I will NEVER link to an outside source on any website I design without it opening in a new tab. This is my number one rule.
So what do you think.
Vote up top and discuss in a reasonable manner.
PS. Maybe if we get enough votes we can have domaining .com add a "target="blank" command to the links. I'm wishing here but you never know.....