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Susan McClements
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Jun 04, 2018

SharePoint Online Global Navigation-open in tab

I have been told that links on the global navigation bar will ignore the "Open in New Tab" check box in the navigation setting. Is this true?  We have a drop-down on the global navigation to external...
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Susan McClements
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Jun 04, 2018
We are using modern sites and pages. Won't that decrease the load time for the pages? What features will it disable?
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Jun 05, 2018

Hello Susan

 

There shouldn't be any side affects for turning off Minimum download strategy on Modern Sites as it isn't supported on modern experience. Please refer article below. 

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3191547/minimal-download-strategy-feature-isn-t-used-for-a-sharepoint-online-l

 

But if you're still using classic site, it wouldn't affect the initial load time for Site but subsequent actions like navigating to apps(doclib,listsetc..) from home page might be affected. Here's more detailed explaination for how it works on classic site.

https://threewill.com/working-with-and-around-sharepoint-2013s-minimal-download-strategy/

 

Please let me know for any questions.

 

  • Susan McClements's avatar
    Susan McClements
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 06, 2018
    Like I mentioned. We are using modern site for our intranet with modern document libraries and lists and OOTB web parts with SharePoint Online not on prem. So you are saying that the Minimum download strategy is not used on Modern SharePoint Online sites?
    • Bruno Aleixo's avatar
      Bruno Aleixo
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      Oct 18, 2018

      its not used on modern at all

      • Ricky Kenny's avatar
        Ricky Kenny
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 09, 2018
        Thanks Bruno, are there any plans to get the modern experience to use this?
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      Deleted
      Jun 06, 2018

      Yes the article clearly states MDS feature isn't supported on Modern Lists and Libraries i think it should be safe to turn off the feature while on Modern Experience. 

      StephenRice Can you please confirm there wouldn't be any side affects for turning off Minimum Download Strategy feature for Modern Sites.

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      • Deleted's avatar
        Deleted
        Jun 07, 2018

        I just confirmed with an Architect friend of mine. MDS is a feature that is only effecting publishing sites since Modern experience sites don't use publishing MDS feature should be irrelevant on Modern Sites. You can go ahead and turn off this feature.

         

         

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    Deleted
    Jun 05, 2018

    If you are still hesitant to turn off Minimum Download Strategy feature on a classic site you can use Jquery to open navigation links in new window. Here's a reference

    https://www.sharepoint-journey.com/open-quick-launch-links-in-new-window.html

     

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