16 votes

Setting to have clicked links automatically open in a new tab

This is a pretty small thing, but for me it's a massive quality of life change. If there could be a flag in your user settings to automatically open links in a new tab, that would be amazing.

12 comments

  1. Parliament
    Link
    You’ll be happy to know this feature is already in the queue to be implemented. See here.

    You’ll be happy to know this feature is already in the queue to be implemented. See here.

    9 votes
  2. [4]
    odin
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    At least on Chrome and all Chromium based browsers, you can click a link using your scroll wheel (MMB) to open in a new tab.

    At least on Chrome and all Chromium based browsers, you can click a link using your scroll wheel (MMB) to open in a new tab.

    3 votes
    1. tvfj
      Link Parent
      That's not limited to Chrome, it's actually pretty extensively represented in Firefox. You can middle click on context menu entries (like "view image"), the refresh button (duplicates the tab),...

      That's not limited to Chrome, it's actually pretty extensively represented in Firefox. You can middle click on context menu entries (like "view image"), the refresh button (duplicates the tab), and of course bookmarks and links.

      4 votes
    2. [2]
      RespectMyAuthoriteh
      Link Parent
      Thank you! I never knew about that trick.

      Thank you! I never knew about that trick.

      1. PahoojyMan
        Link Parent
        You can also MMB click on a tab to instantly close it, much easier than trying to snipe that pesky X.

        You can also MMB click on a tab to instantly close it, much easier than trying to snipe that pesky X.

        1 vote
  3. [7]
    Deimos
    (edited )
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    Just to confirm, what links exactly are you expecting this to affect? The external links from link topics? Links to comment threads on Tildes itself? Links inside comments that point to external...

    Just to confirm, what links exactly are you expecting this to affect? The external links from link topics? Links to comment threads on Tildes itself? Links inside comments that point to external sites? Something else?

    1 vote
    1. enso
      Link Parent
      I was talking about just the post links, but it would also be nice if it also did (or had an option to) have the same behavior for links within comments and links between Tilde threads. At least...

      I was talking about just the post links, but it would also be nice if it also did (or had an option to) have the same behavior for links within comments and links between Tilde threads.

      At least for me there are very few times that I want to leave the page that I'm in for another site because the reason I use sites like Tildes/Reddit/ect is for the discussions in the comments.

      2 votes
    2. [5]
      enso
      Link Parent
      I was talking about just the post links, but it would also be nice if it also did (or had an option to) have the same behavior for links within comments and links between Tilde threads. At least...

      I was talking about just the post links, but it would also be nice if it also did (or had an option to) have the same behavior for links within comments and links between Tilde threads.

      At least for me there are very few times that I want to leave the page that I'm in for another site because the reason I use sites like Tildes/Reddit/ect is for the discussions in the comments.

      2 votes
      1. [4]
        good
        Link Parent
        I'm wondering here. Is it appropriate to tag this as noise since it's just a duplicate post? Or are there more serious negative ramifications for tags that I"m not quite aware of? I don't think...

        I'm wondering here. Is it appropriate to tag this as noise since it's just a duplicate post? Or are there more serious negative ramifications for tags that I"m not quite aware of? I don't think having double posts is a big deal, but there isn't really a system in place to remove the doubles other than getting the attention of OP (which is fine).

        Maybe a flag to let OP they might want to review their post due to technical or formatting problems? Like a "you should spell check but the content is fine" sort of thing?

        1 vote
        1. [3]
          enso
          Link Parent
          Noise may be a good way to tag stuff like this. Normally I'd just delete it, but for now I'll leave it up because it may be some kind of bug with comment submission. I didn't do with that comment...

          Noise may be a good way to tag stuff like this. Normally I'd just delete it, but for now I'll leave it up because it may be some kind of bug with comment submission. I didn't do with that comment what you have to do with Reddit comments to get them to double post.

          3 votes
          1. [2]
            good
            Link Parent
            I think their could be a slightly better choice than "noise" cause that still feels a bit... negative to me. Maybe a script that detects over 90 -ish% of the post being the exact same as a recent...

            I think their could be a slightly better choice than "noise" cause that still feels a bit... negative to me.

            Maybe a script that detects over 90 -ish% of the post being the exact same as a recent one and making you do a secondary post check.

            People more clever than I could maybe roll that into a repost filter. A fair amount of unintentional reposters would probably skip the act if they knew it was a repost.

            2 votes
            1. enso
              Link Parent
              So far from what I've seen the noise tag hasn't really been used in the way that it sounds like it was intended to be used. For the most part its been used when I think the off-topic tag is more...

              So far from what I've seen the noise tag hasn't really been used in the way that it sounds like it was intended to be used. For the most part its been used when I think the off-topic tag is more appropriate. Although with the selectivity and size of the userbase right now there isn't really anyone making "lol" posts right now.

              1 vote