# \<a href="#" target="\_blank" is apparently naughty

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-href-target--blank-is-apparently-naughty/237819>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 4, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-href-target--blank-is-apparently-naughty/237819 "2007-09-04T10:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![RabBell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rabbell/32/340_2.png) [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-href-target--blank-is-apparently-naughty/237819/1 "2007-09-04T10:23:47Z")

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I had another developer kinda tell me off the other day for using target="\_blank" in an anchor tag. Apparently it’s been depreceated.

So, what does everyone else use then?

:vader: