Why we should avoid opening links in new window.

Following are some situation in which we should avoid opening links in new windows.

    1.you should avoid forcing links to open in a new window or pop ups using JavaScript as you might know Java Script is not supported by all browsers or some users might disable it.

    2.Opening a link in a new window also breaks the back button on the browser, so you won't be able to track navigation.

    3.Opening link in a new window is almost supported by all browser so its better to let user decide weather to open a new window or not.

    4.web users are likely to expect the new page to load in the current window so opening a new window might be surprise for them , also there are some cases when opened window lost like (while pressing ALT+TAB) so user wont be able  to know which window is opened.

But there are situation when we need to open link in new window like .

    The link is for a document, such as a PDF or a Word document or image file which is large in size so the document or image will download in the background and user will browse the site without any pause.