Discussion on how to open a website hyperlink

A new window opens. Advantages: When the user clicks on the link, the content currently browsing will not be replaced, and there is no need to go forward or backward to see the content you have seen; Disadvantages: After a while, a large number of windows will be generated and resources will be occupied. Each window needs to be closed manually.

New window opens

Advantages: When the user clicks on the link, the content currently browsing will not be replaced, and there is no need to go forward or backward to see the content you have seen;

Disadvantages: After a while of access, a large number of windows will be generated and resources will be occupied. Each window needs to be closed manually; the current window opens

Advantages: You can always read content in one window, and it will not open many windows or occupy too many resources. There is only one window, so it is easy to close;

Disadvantages: It is very troublesome when users need to read the content of several pages or need to compare them. Or you have to hold down SHIFT to click on the link, but few people know and use the action; selectively use the new window and the current window

Advantages: The inconvenience caused by the above two methods can be solved in a more humane manner. The number of windows will not be increased in large quantities, and users can also switch reading in multiple windows;

Disadvantages: Users’ needs when clicking on a certain link may not be exactly the same as the designer’s idea. Users cannot determine whether the link is now open in a new window or the current window, which causes certain psychological pressure to the user.

For the same type of information, use the same link to open; Chinese people prefer to open the link in a new window; use the new window to open the following situations:

The channel content link, navigation link, extended reading link in the article, related content link of the article, when users need to compare the same type of products; the following situations are opened using the current window:

The page tab of the article, the page turn tag of the list, the link to the previous/next article of the article, linear tasks (user registration, posting information, etc.), and when the link is required by the user's linear reading/operation.

Use meaningful, easy to understand and easily recognizable link tags; Make sure that the link tags and the page titles are consistent; Do not mislead users to click on text or pictures that are not links; repeat important links; Try to use text as the link tags; Use different colors to distinguish unused/used links from users; Provide consistent link tags; Use pointing-and-clicking to let users open links; Use the appropriate link length, do not have more than one line of text tags for a link; Tell users which are internal links and which are external links; If there is an image on the page that has a link, then make sure that all pictures on the page are clickable.

Let the user choose how to open the link by themselves. For example, the designer provides a small check-box for the user to decide how the link is opened. Some websites use icons to describe and guide the nature of the link. For example, external links of Wikipedia are distinguished from links within the site in the form of small arrows.

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Channel switching

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Product Pictures

Enter the company/store

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Therefore, when switching channels, it is recommended to use the method of opening on the current page; when operating other pages, it is recommended to use the method of opening in a new window. Unreasonable window opening methods also exist in large quantities on Alipay's website. I hope the above discussion will be of some help when designing window opening methods.