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Greasemonkey script to open Hacker News links on new tabs.
I really like if HN opens it's link in a new tab. It'll be very convenient. But unfortunately Hn doesn't do that (May be it's just me :) ). However I found it hard to press ctrl button whenever I click an HN link. So I wrote this tiny Greasemonkey script and here I share it with you.
http://flauntee.com/chanux/HNinNewTabs.user.js
Hope you guys will discuss the matter here and judge whether it's necessary to open HN links in new tabs or not.
- tokenadult 18y agoThank you. When I want to open on a new tab, I simply right click (I browse with Firefox and use a two-button pointing device) and use the context menu to choose "open in new tab." But other users will appreciate your script, I expect, so thanks for the contribution to the community.
- chanux 18y agoWell you can save clicks by control+clicking to open links in a new tab. And use this script to just click on link to open in new a tab :D .
- tutwabee 18y agoI find using key modifiers for mouse actions awkward sometimes. Middle clicking or clicking both buttons simultaneously also opens links in new tabs.
- karl11 18y agoAwesome, I usually middle-click so its no hassle, but when I'm without a mouse on my laptop, this will be great to have.
- anotherjesse 18y agoIf you hold down ctrl when you click or hit return it will open in a new tab. If you hold shown shift when you click or hit return it will open in a new window. For completeness but not useful very often: hold down alt (then click or return) to download the linked item
- karl11 18y agoJust a problem I found - it doesn't limit the new tabs to article links. So if I click to view my profile, then click to see what articles I've saved, it opens a bunch of new tabs when I only really want one. Does the same thing when I click on comments.