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Sorry to be negative, but the UX of this guide is actually pretty bad. They're using target="_blank" to open links to the next day's lesson in a new tab instead of current window. Why?

Set aside the general argument that it's never really appropriate to do this - because it's certainly not appropriate in this context. The user just finished reading your article, and thought it was good enough to read another one. Why would you presume they need to keep the current one open indefinitely?

I have a hard time taking advice on a subject from someone who isn't practicing it well on their own projects.




>> "They're using target="_blank" to open links to the next day's lesson in a new tab instead of current window. Why?"

Looks like it's a tumblr blog. Maybe it's how Tumblr works, or they picked a theme and din't change the defaults.


It was very hard to read past the "design for different devices" because of this.

My Galaxy S3 has a limit of 16 open tabs, so I was constantly having to close tabs to keep reading.




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