Journal #7305

Alt+click opens in new tab btw.

Middle-clicking links will open them in a new tab.

What fucked up browser do you have that uses alt-click for new tabs?

In Firefox, Ctrl+click opens a new tab. Shift+click opens a new window and alt+click apparently saves the link to a file because I just tested it and got the little popup saying all downloads completed.

But, rather than ctrl+click, to avoid some of those malicious popup-on-click links in some sites, I just click the link and drag it to the tab bar.

What the fuck guys? Just do what PB said.

I middle-click all the time. Especially here, cause I open everything at once and go through it.

me too, middle click button is wearing out on my mouse, i use it constantly. i also like the feature to select text, right-click, and select "open in new tab", for those links that may not be coded.

"me too, middle click button is wearing out on my mouse, i use it constantly."

What could you say about the left-click button ...

ya but i don't think the middle button is made to be used as much as right and left.

I'm pretty on mice anyway and they usually break on me after 3 months maximum. i just keep buying the targus multi-led mini mouse, but maybe i'll spring for a proper gaming mouse when my current breaks..

Some websites don't open links in new tabs even when you do middle click, which I tend to find really annoying. I don't see a point in it, so I don't know why they do it.

Just to annoy you. Same as those that block right click via JavaScript. However, most sites that annoy you to death with a "right click disabled to prevent stealing" have absolutely nothing worth stealing and I'm probably desperately looking for a way out anyway. Web devs smart enough know content can still be saved to disk so don't bother blocking right clicks, because that's just plain annoying.

I don't think I have ever come across such sites.

I use middleclick to open links in new tabs all the time. I even use it to close a tab. No need to leftclick on the little x.

Same.

A website should not decide for its visitors where links are opened.