My very similar pet peeve is about websites that use `onclick` handlers and similar to implement navigation. Just use a damn anchor tag, which gets you correct link behavior for free:
* works with middle click for new tab
* integrates with accessibility devices
* works with right click + open in new window or similar options
* etc. etc. etc.
If it's notionally navigation, don't use javascript soup: use a link.
I actually found that particular response to be quite disappointing. It should give pause to those advocating removal of XSLT that these three totally disparate use cases could already be gracefully handled by a single technology which is:
* side effect free (a pure data to data transformation)
* stable, from a spec perspective, for decades
* completely client-side
Isn't this basically an A+ report card for any attempt at making a powerful general tool? The fact that the suggested solution in the absence of XSLT is to toil away at implementing application-specific solutions forever really feels like working toward the wrong direction.
* works with middle click for new tab
* integrates with accessibility devices
* works with right click + open in new window or similar options
* etc. etc. etc.
If it's notionally navigation, don't use javascript soup: use a link.