Web applications: default to same-tab navigation; if opening new windows, mark links with rel="noopener noreferrer" and clearly indicate the behavior to users.
Desktop apps: use modeless auxiliary windows for persistent tools; use modal dialogs sparingly and only for urgent tasks.
Mobile apps: prefer in-app flows; use separate activities/scenes for distinct workflows or external content, but avoid breaking continuity.
Windows/Linux: Ctrl + N
Mac: Cmd + N
User expectation:
Click the three lines (☰) → Select New window
How to open a new window new in Windows 10 & 11
To do that, he needed to control the new window from the old one. He looked at his code. window.open didn't just open a window; it returned a reference to it.
References
If you are a web developer and want to override user behavior (use sparingly), you use the window.open() method with specific parameters.
