Teammates: Inconsistency in opening contact page

[amarlearning]

In the footer section of the home page, Become a sponsor and send feedback both the HTML link redirects to the contact page. The only difference is send feedback has target=_blank while the Become a sponsor link doesn't have target=_blank.

I am not sure if this is on purpose and it's a bug.

+ I am not sure if this was on purpose or it's a bug.

[madanalogy]

@damithc was there any intent to have only one link open in a new tab?

[damithc]

@damithc was there any intent to have only one link open in a new tab?

I don't think so.

[madanalogy]

Anyone tackling this issue should fix the behaviour such that both links open in a new tab then

[amarlearning]

Anyone tackling this issue should fix the behaviour such that both links open in a new tab then

@madanalogy I believe if the hyperlink is of the same website, then target=_blank should not be used. Just like all the hyperlinks in the Features page open in the same tab even the contact page link at the end.

[madanalogy]

Hmm I'm not too sure on this. I figured since it was in the footer the links are accessible anywhere, and a user might be say filling in a submission halfway when encountering some problems. @damithc any opinion on the behaviour of the links?

[damithc]

I figured since it was in the footer the links are accessible anywhere, and a user might be say filling in a submission halfway when encountering some problems. @damithc any opinion on the behaviour of the links?

@amarlearning's idea is a good baseline but we can deviate if it makes sense. I don't mind opening these in a new tab to avoid the possibility of a user accidentally overwriting a computationally heavy page (e.g., session results) that is currently loaded with one of these. But I'm OK either way.