Why links should always open in a new tab (and how to do it)

For PC (and laptop!) users, RSI is a real risk. For cellphone and tablet users, there is a "texting thumb" to worry about. This means it is our duty, as web developers, to reduce the number of clicks or thumb movements required to navigate a website.

If you do not make your links open in a new tab, it is doubling, at least, the amount of action required by the user and should not be considered by any serious programmer. There is, luckily, a simple method from which to get a link to open in a new tab with a single click.

I am releasing this method, in full, at this link https://pastebin.com/68YzV3Bk

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In this imaginary autistic scenario, i would instead click link -> check it ->close tab and return back to article. I don't lose context this way, unlike viewing dozens of random tabs after i read the article - i need the context, and i want it now, not in some future where i forget 50% of what i read.