I completely disagree. In fact I find it worse when a link opens in the same tab and then I have to navigate back and find the place that I was at .vs. having to close a new tab I did not want.
"And I think over a decade of user confusion and frustration resulting from target="_blank" backs that up."
"And I think over a decade of user confusion and frustration resulting from target="_blank" backs that up."
Do you have any links to to back this claim?