Comment on Why does lemmy have it, so any link takes you off the page instead of opening in a new window?

• emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thats subjective. Different people have different opinions on how this should work. Making the default open in the current tab still allows you to have the alternate behaviour with ctrl+click or middle-click. The reverse does not.

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  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A simple checkbox in the settings allows users to choose which option they’d prefer.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “just add a setting” is generally bad software design. If you have a million toggle switches, it makes it difficult to test the various combinations.

      Sometimes an option is useful enough that it’s worth adding to settings. I don’t think this is one of them. Just use middle click or Ctrl+click or back arrow.

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  • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s overriding my browser preferences. That should not happen.

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    • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What browser preference is this, exactly? I’m not aware of any browser having a setting to open every single link in a new tab.

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      • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I found a bunch in Firefox config settings. One was so extreme that on Kbin, refreshing the feed would open a new tab. In Lemmy, nope, didn’t work.

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• cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please tell me how to open a link with target=_blank in the same tab if I want to.

  Or, maybe you think that the problem should not exist because you think your opinion is everyone’s?

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• Kissaki@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Everyone knows the various workarounds.

  You have no idea what “everyone” knows. Because many - and I’m certain most - don’t.

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• callyral@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My laptop has middle click on the touchpad

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  • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mine doesn’t but I’ve found an option to switch three-finger click to middle mouse button. Thanks.

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• TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ctrl + Click

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• CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They do when you plug in a mouse.

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  • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So now I need to buy a mouse and sit a desk in order to use Lemmy?

    C’mon. No other site behaves like this. It needs to be fixed.

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• Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most laptops have gestures like triple finger tap on the mouse pad for simulated wheel click

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• snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This thread is about a problem that ought not to exist. Exactly

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