Poll - Open in new window Yes or No

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Would you like links on here to open in a new window?

Poll ended at Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:08 pm

Yes
29
53%
No
26
47%
 
Total votes: 55
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Poll - Open in new window Yes or No

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Ok, let's do it as a poll then....
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Can we have a ‘don’t care’ option too please?
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Other than (maybe) Rightmove, I don't think I use any site that always opens a link in a new window.
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Orrrrr ......


Right click and choose "Open in new tab" or "Open in new window"?
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whitestone wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:10 pm Orrrrr ......


Right click and choose "Open in new tab" or "Open in new window"?
Soooo much effort
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whitestone wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:10 pm Orrrrr ......


Right click and choose "Open in new tab" or "Open in new window"?
Snap :wink:
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chris n wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:29 pm Can we have a ‘don’t care’ option too please?
I fall into the DNC bracket too :cool:
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ScotRoutes wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:50 pm Other than (maybe) Rightmove, I don't think I use any site that always opens a link in a new window.
That's exactly what I thought. I've been on right move a lot recently
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Cheeky Monkey wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:49 pm
chris n wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:29 pm Can we have a ‘don’t care’ option too please?
I fall into the DNC bracket too :cool:
If you don't care then there really isn't any point in participating in the poll, surely?
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... What's going on?
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Escape Goat wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:22 pm ... What's going on?
We are trying to decide if we should take back control and get opening a new window done.
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Oh...

As you were. :)
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We are trying to decide if we should take back control
When did Rage against the machine turn up - must have missed it.
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Soooo much effort
Its a lot less effort that starting a survey ,overthrowing the system and sticking it to the man
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:59 pm
We are trying to decide if we should take back control
When did Rage against the machine turn up - must have missed it.
I think they wanted the power back, not the control.
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Must have been thinking of the Clash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTw_p_WglY
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It was a poor, attempted joke about a certain recent referendum.
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Borderer wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 6:18 pm
Cheeky Monkey wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:49 pm
chris n wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:29 pm Can we have a ‘don’t care’ option too please?
I fall into the DNC bracket too :cool:
If you don't care then there really isn't any point in participating in the poll, surely?
Oh :oops: I thought DNC was a valid option in that (to me) it meant I wasnt bothered whether it did or it didn't, rather than about the whole question. The ambivalent are important, surely :wink:

Anyhow, good luck with you campaign, though I strongly advise against the use of a battlebus or aligning with Forage :-bd
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Ah yes. The ‘don’t care’ was about the tab/window thing, not about other people’s opinions. I don’t give a stuff if it opens a new tab/window or not, but I’m glad someone cares enough to ask the question.
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Cheeky Monkey wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:46 pm Anyhow, good luck with you campaign, though I strongly advise against the use of a battlebus or aligning with Forage :-bd
I see the poll is currently 51/49% :lol:
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Open in new window means, open in new window. We demand a red, white and blue, open in new window.



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Wow, my vote has never been so significant!

Can I point out that if a link opens in a new window automatically, there's no easy way to make it not do that, whereas if it doesn't ctrl+clicking solves that? So defaulting to not opening a window gives better choice.

So really we should have had a whole thread discussing the wording of the question :wink:
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Wow, my vote has never been so significant!
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But if we vote for opening in a new window, will we actually get a shiney new window or will it be some cracked deeply inferior window (because we were lied to)?

I think we should have an opportunity to see the new state before we vote for it
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Ahh yes Steve, the promise of frictionless trade has become tradeless friction :-bd
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