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Remove non-standard navigations targeted at _current

Category
Miscellaneous
Type
Feature removal
Status
Proposed (Chrome Proposed)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Blink currently supports navigations targeted at "_current", this feature should be removed as it is non-standard. Usage of this feature is minimal (less than ~0.00009%), see https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2835.

Motivation

This feature is not used at all and is non-standard. It's confusing to ahve it supported in a single browser engine, so this feature removes it.

Standards & signals

View on chromestatus.com