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		wicket on Feb 24, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in fro... I haven't done much with HTML for years so I had no idea that modern browsers use "_blank" to open a page in a new tab instead of a new window. This genuinely surprised me, seems like unexpected behaviour or a regression/bug. :)

cubefox on Feb 24, 2025 [–]

The last browser that did that was the infamous Internet Explorer 6.

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