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Re:If it goes somewhere, it’s a link. If it does something, ... by aidenn0 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:42PM (#33172116)
I made almost the exact same comment as GP elsewhere.

One thing that I noticed is that more than half the time "open in new tab" is broken, I can click the link, copy the URL, open a new tab, paste the url and get what I wanted. It's so maddening.

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Re:If it goes somewhere, it’s a link. If it does something, ... by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:02AM (#33174532)
Often the problem if you develop something as a SPA then your framework probably has different state management solutions built in that you will develop with, without any way to easily tie that state to a particular url or to pass a bunch of state to a new window. Thus opening new window puts you in default state of the SPA.

This is of course maddening if the site should not be a SPA but was developed that way because when you are running a company and need to build things quickly it is easier if you just have one toolbox labelled SPA-building tools and pull that out and get going.

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