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(Solved) - HTG Website and Forum links - Open in New Tab

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

This is a minor request.
Is there any plans on making links (those on the website and forums) open in a new tab automatically ?

I know it's easy to 'Mouse-Wheel Click' links to have them open in new tab automatically but... come on. A tech site that opens links in the same windows is just as annoying (if not stupid - to remain polite) as a computer store without automatic door (I've seen that, in a Best Buy / Future Shop store).

My 2 cents.

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gedstar
gedstar
Posts: 521

Gets my vote too :) would be nice

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

What browser do you use ?

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gedstar
gedstar
Posts: 521

Firefox for me and does the same thing in Internet Explorer

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

For FF, and PM,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/

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gedstar
gedstar
Posts: 521

Cheers Lighthouse works fine

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

Been using it for years :)

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

I know all about addons, how to install them, use them, configure them, tweak them etc.
I'm just saying that .. in 2013, a geek website that sends people away from it's website when clicking links is weird to me.

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vistamike
vistamike
Posts: 10945

Right click link, open in new tab? Never had a problem with that one.........

The link is either internal to HTG or external as a reference so I'm not sure what you are suggesting

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LadyFitzgerald
Posts: 2232

I learned the wheel click trick from here and, once I worked out how to use it on my mouse with the sensitive wheel without jumping the pointer wheel, its use has become habitual (I open everything in a new tab rather than mess with the back button). I would rather see the program development time used to allow a thread to open in the next new post instead of either the beginning or end only.

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

I'm suggesting that clicking site and forums links open said links in a new tab instead of the current tab.

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LadyFitzgerald
Posts: 2232

We know what you are suggesting; we just don't think it's that big of an issue. I was pointing out what I would rather see done than what you are suggesting.

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

If you read my original post, you will see the words 'MINOR' and '2 cents'.

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 13598

I know. At least I solved it for gedstar :)

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CompWiz
CompWiz
Posts: 864

CTRL+CLICK on link works well for me :)

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hatryst
hatryst
Posts: 3482

I'm so used to the middle click!
instead, left clicking a link and when the link opens in a new tab, it annoys me :D

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

Just realized I forgot to specify 'links going to other websites'.

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LadyFitzgerald
Posts: 2232

The word "links" covers other websites.

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afuhnk
afuhnk
Posts: 309

Also covers other pages within HTG.
Anyway, I'll keep using middle-click like it's 1998.

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raphoenix
raphoenix
Posts: 14920

Ya, 1998 was a good year.

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