Why does the "First reply since reset" button open a new tab?

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#185666 1-Dec-2015 10:08

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

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

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

Ctrl-click best method.

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#1438480 1-Dec-2015 12:35

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

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

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.