89296 - "open link in new window" on google ad opens in both the old window and a new window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 71705

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[eric]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010628
BuildID:    2001062815

Did a search at google for "Faux Wood Blinds" The search results 
included several sponsored links  listed in a column on the right
side of the search results page. Right clickin on one of those links
and selecting "Open Link in New Window" Causes the page to open and
load in a new window, but it also loaded the page in the search results
window.

I then did a search for "Cars" and got the other style sponsored link which
appears above the search results. Trying to open this link in a new window
exhibited the same behavior.

Opening the actual search results in a new window works fine. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.www.google.com
2.Search for "Faux Wood Blinds"
3. Right click on the sponsored link for JustBlinds.com and select to open in a
new window

Actual Results:  www.justblinds.com loaded in both a new window and my search
window.

Expected Results:  www.justblinds.com should have only loaded in the new window

to get around, I still use the open link in new window, then I have to hit
'Back' in the original window to get back to the page I was on

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Attachment: e-mail I sent to google last december

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

I'm tempted to say that this is entirely Google's problem, since a similar 
problem happens with Internet Explorer, but see bug 71705 and bug 86193.

Comment 3

[Olivier Cahagne]

Another site exhibits the same problem:
http://www.anandtech.com/ then open in a new window by right-clicking (or
middle-clicking) one of the 'News' (not Site News) in the left-bottom table.
It'll open page both in main window and in the new window.
This is with build 2001090703 on Win2k.

Comment 4

[Olivier Cahagne]

Attachment: Example of link found on anandtech.com

Comment 5

[Olivier Cahagne]

Marking duplicate as this is described in bug 71705 with the URL
http://www.google.com/search?q=auto+buy

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 71705 ***

Comment 6

[Jesse Ruderman]

WFM with:
- Right+clicking in IE, Opera, Mozilla
- Middle-clicking in Mozilla

Still happens with:
- Ctrl+clicking in Mozilla
- Shift+clicking in IE
- Shift+clicking and Ctrl+Shift+clicking in Opera

Comment 7

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** Bug 151833 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** Bug 150853 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[Jesse Ruderman]

We could stop sending ctrl+click-on-link events to pages (bug 151142).  That 
would break some sites, but it would make ctrl+clicking consistent with "open 
link in new window/tab", which already breaks those sites.

Comment 10

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** Bug 141405 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***