diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/extras.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/extras.js
index 44a0bec..d8a623e 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/extras.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/extras.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function _show_extra_template( template_id )
     buf.push( "<button class='generate' data-id='" + template_info.template_id + "'>Snippet</button>" ) ;
     buf.push( "</div>" ) ;
     var $form = $( buf.join("") ) ;
+    fixup_external_links( $form ) ;
 
     // initialize the "generate" button
     init_snippet_button( $form.find( "button.generate" ) ) ;
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
index c1dc007..095ade9 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/main.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ $(document).ready( function () {
                 // FUDGE! If the page finishes loading before the web channel is ready,
                 // the desktop won't get this notification. To be sure, we issue it again...
                 gWebChannelHandler.on_app_loaded() ;
+                fixup_external_links( $("body") ) ; // ditto for this :-/
             } ) ;
         } ) ;
     }
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ function update_page_load_status( id )
         // notify the PyQT desktop application
         if ( gWebChannelHandler )
             gWebChannelHandler.on_app_loaded() ;
-        // show any startuup messages
+        // show any startup messages
         $.get( gGetStartupMsgsUrl, function( resp ) {
             $("body").append( $("<div id='_startup-msgs-ready_'></div>") ) ;
             show_startup_msgs( resp, "error" ) ;
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
index 21c62b4..2289460 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/simple_notes.js
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ function _make_simple_note( note_type, caption )
     }
     buf.push( caption, "</div>" ) ;
     var $content = $( buf.join("") ) ;
+    fixup_external_links( $content ) ;
     $content.children( "img" ).hover(
         function() { $(this).attr( "src", gImagesBaseUrl + "/snippet-hot.png" ) ; },
         function() { $(this).attr( "src", gImagesBaseUrl + "/snippet.png" ) ; }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
index 1d7d2c6..3e73efc 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
@@ -345,6 +345,19 @@ function add_flag_to_dialog_titlebar( $dlg, player_no )
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+function fixup_external_links( $root )
+{
+    // NOTE: We want to open externals links in a new browser window, but simply adding target="_blank"
+    // breaks the desktop app's ability to intercept clicks (in AppWebPage.acceptNavigationRequest()),
+    // so we do it dynamically here.
+    var regex = new RegExp(  "^https?://" ) ;
+    $root.find( "a" ).each( function() {
+        var url = $(this).attr( "href" ) ;
+        if ( url && url.match( regex ) )
+            $(this).attr( "target", gWebChannelHandler?"":"_blank" ) ;
+    } ) ;
+}
+
 function getUrlParam( param )
 {
     // look for the specified URL parameter