Open new tab instead of redirect

[fleshmanj]

If you're interested, I am willing to add the feature. Otherwise, it's still great as is.

[dadatuputi]

Yeah this isn't a bad move @fleshmanj. Go ahead and make a PR and I'll review it. My only concern is the pop-up loading modal is a pet of mine, and I want it to remain.

The logic for it is in search.js:

  const my_modal = new bootstrap.Modal(document.getElementById('exit-modal'), {focus: false});
  $("#link-list a").on('click', function(event) {
    $('#exit-modal .modal-header .title').text($(this).prop('title'));
    $('#exit-modal .link').text($(this).prop('href'));
    my_modal.toggle();
  });

I'm thinking for UX:

1. User clicks a link, modal toggles/appears
2. Slight delay, like 1000-2000ms (new tab is still loading)
3. Switch focus to new window, while closing modal

We'll need to check for popup blocking, like:

    // Open window in background
    const newWindow = window.open(url, '_blank', 'noopener');
    if (newWindow) {
        // Ensure the new window stays in background by focusing back on current window
        window.focus();
        
        // After delay, switch to new window and close modal
        setTimeout(() => {
            newWindow.focus();
            my_modal.hide();
        }, 2000);
    } else {
        // In case popup was blocked
        $('#exit-modal .link').text('Please allow popups to open ' + url);
    }

And ideally close the modal when clicking outside the modal in case it gets stuck.

[dadatuputi]

If you want to test and build locally, you just need to:

1. npm install
2. npm run dev
3. jekyll serve

You do need node and jekyll (ruby) installed. I use WSL on a windows machine personally.