Funny, I was just the other day appreciating that Lemmy didn't try to open in a new tab.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2022
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Yep, a lot of sites are completely scatterbrained, and you have no idea when its going to open a new link and not. The predictability of it never doing this, and breaking accessibility is why we removed it.
Plus its not difficult in the slightest to click and hold, middle click, right click -> new tab, etc.
Plus its not difficult in the slightest to click and hold, middle click, right click -> new tab, etc.
It may be more difficult than you think for certain individuals with differing abilities.
The option to change this behavior in the setting somewhere can give everyone the experience they are looking for. Perhaps that should be pursued? 😄
It can get tiring to do it with every post.
It's fine if you keep in the same tab by default, but would you consider adding an option?
I'm just used to quickly left click then new tab, it's the first option, there's no miss and it's hella cool
Never by default, as it breaks accessibility. I'd accept a pr for adding it as a setting tho. Also tho how is middle clicking more tiring?
brb, gonna go learn web development
I really really wish it would but the devs don't seem to like the idea