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I'm curious how many visitors did this. In my very limited sample set of myself and friends / work colleagues, we all use middle click to open a result in a new
by laumars 8y ago
I'm curious how many visitors did this. In my very limited sample set of myself and friends / work colleagues, we all use middle click to open a result in a new tab.
- oblio 8y agoThe vast majority of regular users I've seen go back and forth between search and search results. Heck, I do it from time to time. Most users are extremely "inefficient" by geek standards.
- laumars 8y agoInteresting. Thanks for that. Sometimes we can get so caught up in our own tech-bubble that we don't really notice the usage patterns of the average user. So it's often nice to have a reminder like this.
- donkeyd 8y ago> Most users are extremely "inefficient" by geek standards. How is that inefficient? I use both interchangeably and I don't see how it's any less efficient than opening a new tab and then having to close it if it's not what you want, or having to close useless tabs if the first one is all you need... On my Macbook, I just swipe right and I'm back at the search results.
- drcoopster 8y agoYou assume you're back at the search results. As OP proved that's not necessarily the case.
- oblio 8y agoFor a lot of things it helps to compare things in parallel. With this technique you only see 1 result at a time.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI'm not sure my parents are even aware of the existence of tabs, to be honest.