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Why is the way the attribute is defined so strange (written with an underscore)? Why was it not decided to use “target=blank” or “target=new” for example?
I think there is a problem with this page. I was unable to proceed until I replaced the entire link with the text Learn More with the example link: a href=“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear” target="_blank">The Brown Bear
on the target _blank attribute that causes the webpage to open the hyperlink in a new page. does this bypass any “pop up” blocks the person looking at your page may have set on their browser? Or is html taking care of that by letting the browser know that this is not a pop up? Or am I all wrong on my term PopUP
I think target blank will work in most cases, and its not considered pop-up. But its a complex story with a lot of nuances, because most modern browsers open new webpage in a tab instead of a new window
Most people will use there browser built-in pop-up blocker, so unless your link goes to a well known ad-site, you should be good
of course, sometimes users might have installed custom addons/plugins so you might still get blocked, although pop-ups usually don’t use <a target="_blank">