Posted by usenet+2004 on 05/07/06 18:47

Jonathan N. Little:

> usenet+2004@john.dunlop.name wrote:
>
> > (One of my gripes with Firefox is that the menu brought up by right
> > clicking doesn't have an option for following the link in the current
> > tab/window.)
>
> Isn't that what the left-click is for?

If the menu lets you choose an operation to perform on the URL, I
think it should include an option to follow the link in the current tab
('tab' to be short, though it could be a one-tab window or something
else), even if that's the left-click's sole purpose.

I've often found myself right-clicking a link only to realise that I
want to follow it in the current tab. With an option for doing so, I
have at most one click to make, maybe just one release. Without, I
need to click to get rid of the menu then left-click the link. Three
clicks altogether. Pain in the arse. And if it's a target="_blank"
link and you can't tell your browser to ignore targets or you don't
want to across the board, then I see no way to follow the link in the
current tab without having such an option in the right-click menu.

--
Jock

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