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Nice and thanks, but maybe it would be also nice to open links in a new tab, without having to choose this option with middle click or from the context menu. It's kind of annoying that you get kicked out of Lemmy when you click on an image or a link in a post, like clicking on the title of this thread.
That would break accessibility, and is an unpredictable UI anti-pattern. We prefer to be consistent and predictable: if you want a new tab, use middle click or click-and-hold.
This is an argument to not have that a the default behavior, but -as I just find is mentioned in the linked issue- it could be a opt-in feature set in user preferences
Yes, this they say also in this thread, but why? Any other sites I know open the link in a new tab without any problem. I know that I can use middle click, right click or Ctrl click, but this isn't the problem. For example in Lemmy are a lot of images in the post title, most open right here but some others are from extern links and kick me out of Lemmy, after this sometimes I get an error when I go back, when the message was from my inbox in Lemmy. This, apart of annoying THIS breaks the accesibility and isn't all, but not predictable.. It isn't a important issue, but very annoying. At least it would be desirable to add some indicator, whether it is an external or local link or simply a title to know before if I can use a simple or a middle click, without it kick me out several times in Lemmy in every visit or open every time several tabs with Lemmy.
You know by "accessibility" they mean making the site easier to use for blind and differently abled people, right? You can set firefox to automatically open all links in a new tab if it's that important.
Exiting Lemmy by clicking on a link doesn't seem to me to improve handling for the blind, rather the opposite. As I said, it's not such an important thing, it's just annoying sometimes and at least one indicator about it, whether a link is local or external would improve accessibility. I add that I am a fairly old person with visual deficiencies due to my age.
Sorry if I offended you, but I think we're talking about different things. Fully blind people use screen readers which are designed to read web elements that conform to a certain standard, and going against that standard makes the screenreader behave unexpectedly, which can be confusing for someone reading the page in a linear audio or braille format.
For your situation I'd recommend something like Link Alert on Firefox. This sort of thing should be standard browser behavior, tbh. Putting it on webdevs is bad practice.
No, I'm not offended, I was just pointing to something that didn't seem right to me. I don't know how a screenreader works and what complications can exist in its use, I'm not blind yet, only sometimes I leave the imprint of my nose on the screen. Age does not forgive.
I believe you are referring to the following setting in Firefox preferences:
I have this checked and it doesn't work (i.e. doesn't open links in new tabs).
IIRC reddit has an option for "open in new tab"
On a side note, you could also CTRL+Click