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Q: Don't you just hate the way links on Chinese websites always open new windows?
Sorry - pet hate of mine.
Whenever I surf Chinese websites and click on links to stories or other sections of the sites, it always opens up a new window on my browser, which is a pain for me as I like to keep everything on my computer nice and tidy.
Does anyone else feel the same?
10 years 44 weeks ago in Web & Technology - China
yes I know . it's annoying especially when you use Internet Explorer.. My guess is the Chinese websites want to keep you on it as long as possible .
Now I mostly use Firefox and chrome . when click a link ，I'll right click it and choose “open in a new tab”
I hope this will work for you .
OwainLW:
Thanks, yeah I use chrome too. Maybe I should get into that habit!
Yes that does drive me crazy. I get 20 tabs going sometimes. I will try the chrome-trick mentioned here (or see if I can work it in Opera).
You can go into firefox settings and make links open in new tabs rather than windows. Not sure how to do this in chrome/opera, but you probably can.
In Firefox go into tools then options then click tabs. There is a box you can check to open windows in a new tab.
I use explorer, there is a setting under 'internet options' >general>tabs-settings on this page>select what you want links to do - open in new window, -open in new tab etc.
I absolutely loathe it. Some sites are just so bad, especially some of those video streaming ones. It really puts me off those sites.
