icedchai 16 hours ago

Because back in the mid 90's, there was Netscape...

stop50 17 hours ago

Because its an remnant from the browser wars.

mattl 16 hours ago

Because “blank” can be a real frame name if you want to make your codebase a little harder on purpose.

You still see _blank for links opening in new windows, but _parent, _self, etc not so much anymore.