Pet peeve: sites that break cmd+click to open a link in a new tab. Even worse if they also break the right click menu because they aren't even using real links.
Job search sites seem particularly prone to this anti-pattern.
Makes me wonder what other fundamental browser capabilities they've broken with an overly engineered single page app solution to a primarily content centered use case.
Job searching with assistive technologies must be a special kind of hell these days.
It's cos it isn't a link navigating to a new page any more, it's instead calling a function to bring new content onto the existing page. So then you have to go back and give it linkish behaviours.
I'm honestly treating React as a bit of a culture smell in my current job search. I know it can be done with solid usability, accessibility, and performance. But it apparently takes a level of dedication and expertise most orgs don't bother with. Since React seems to be the default choice for everything these days, if I see a tech stack using anything else I take it as a sign they have at least considered some trade-offs rather than just chasing what is fashionable.
@dap6000 I wasn't about to be so picky (am a junior, sort of, still), and I'm in a job now which is mostly React, but I've also been pushing hard on getting an accessibility trainer in.
Honestly this company is great, apart from this one blind spot - it was actually rather surprising given the actually quite lefty nature of the firm!
There are times when React is the right tool for the job. It's just become a bit of a monoculture. Somehow the web dev world keeps building those without learning from previous mistakes.
@dap6000 it possibly is the right tool for this job. Probably. What I mean is that even well intentioned companies just sort of... Don't realise. Still.
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