Personally? I hurt them, unless they can give me a very convincing reason not to.¹ target=_blank is one of the most annoyingly used tags ever invented, except maybe (maybe) <blink>.

Fortunately for most designers, Opera can save me from having to hurt them. I :heart: browser tabs. I also :heart: "Never allow popups."

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¹ But yes, there are some valid and good uses for target=_blank, and I've even done it myself once or twice. Too often it is simply not needed.