Is it alright to use target="_blank" in HTML5?

It looks like target="_blank" is still alright. It is listed as a browsing context keyword in the latest HTML5 draft.

It is ok to use target="_blank"; This was done away with in XHTML because targeting new windows will always bring up the pop-up alert in most browsers. XHTML will always show an error with the target attribute in a validate.

HTML 5 brought it back because we still use it. It's our friend and we can't let go.