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christherider

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#185666 1-Dec-2015 10:08
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This is a minor gripe, but it's annoying behaviour. If I want something open in a new tab I'll do it myself, and in my view internal links should never automatically open a new tab. 


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  #1438379 1-Dec-2015 10:32
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This is easy to change.

The open in a new tab in the homepage is intentional as it uses a call to refresh the boxes but this one shouldn't be like that.






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  #1438461 1-Dec-2015 12:02
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Nooo..... I'm sure everybody has different preferences but I like the way it works here.  I always open different discussions in new tabs and then I can close that tab once read and return to the forum list.  On the (rare these days) occasions I use news sites I open each "story" in a new tab as well.  

So in my opinion Geekzone works the way it should!

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  #1438478 1-Dec-2015 12:31
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Ctrl-click best method.



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  #1438480 1-Dec-2015 12:35
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gzt: Ctrl-click best method.



.... except for on an iPad - where I do all my gz'ing.




Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.


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  #1438485 1-Dec-2015 12:45
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Long time since i used ipad. Android is hold-link, I believe iPad is the same.

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  #1439195 2-Dec-2015 12:30
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bigreddog: Nooo..... I'm sure everybody has different preferences but I like the way it works here.  I always open different discussions in new tabs and then I can close that tab once read and return to the forum list.  On the (rare these days) occasions I use news sites I open each "story" in a new tab as well.  

So in my opinion Geekzone works the way it should!


If you already open everything in a new tab (presumably a background tab) then this change wouldn't affect you at all.

I also open pages in new background tabs 90% of the time, but sometimes I just want to click directly into a thread. Why should that open a new foreground tab? Internal links should never force open a new tab.

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