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Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11631292

Ugh, I hate target="blank". It takes the control away from the user. I want to decide how to open links. If I want a new tab I will do so. If I just want to follow the link I don't want a new tab even if the link takes me away from the website I'm surfing on.

Now it seems I have another reason.

I agree, but you're the 1% with technical understanding. Most others don't recognize those options.

It would be nice if the article defined what "partial access" means.

The original - linked in the comments - is better written: https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener/

Target=”_blank” – the most underestimated vulnerability ever