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Re:Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes by masa331 on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:37AM (#37247244)
It's a bad practice always since the user can easily choose if he/she wants to open it in new tab by themselv but not the other way. For a user there is zero benefits in this practice
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Re:Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes by smokel on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:50AM (#37247328)
"The user" on a typical website does not know how to do this.

For a user there is the benefit that they will not lose their presence on the website. Many users do not know how to navigate back.

Of course, in times long gone a new window would appear, and the pattern made even more sense than with tabs.

If you would have left out the word "always", I might have agreed that for this particular website and intended audience, it does not make much of a difference.

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Re:Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes by Eddygandr on Thursday August 24, 2023 @10:40AM (#37249278)
Right click, open in new tab? I’m surprised if most people don’t know this
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Re:Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes by smokel on Thursday August 24, 2023 @01:09PM (#37251577)
If with "most people" you mean people aged 12 to 30, possibly with some form of higher education, then I grant you your surprise.

However, most people are not very skilled when it comes to computers.

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Re:Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes by Dalewyn on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:18PM (#37255295)
I implore you to see how most people use computers more, because no: Most people don't know how to right click.

Most people don't know tabs or multiple windows, either.

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