Lemmy posts openning links in lemmy's tab is annoying (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by oriond@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hello Every time I hit an interesting post, it opens whatever web page in the same tab lemmy was opened, and thus I loose lemmy.

Is there a way to configure lemmy to open links in a new tab instead of the actual lemmy tab?

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Right click -> Open in new tab
Hold Ctrl when clicking the link
Click with the middle mouse button
Use any modern mobile browser

[-] toki@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit has option to always open in new tab, why doesn't lemmy just copy every feature that reddit already has?

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Because we don't have millions of usd in venture capital funding. Just donations and volunteer work.

[-] ThanksForAllTheFish@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Can you middle click?

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Not on mobile.

[-] ThanksForAllTheFish@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Voyager app seems good for this, links pop up in a new window.

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Don't see it in the Play Store. Will try some other apps as a temporary measure before Boost for Lemmy gets released.

[-] ThanksForAllTheFish@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://vger.app/

It's a web app but you can add it to your home screen if you go to "settings -> install".

It's really active on github with new features. Open source too. https://github.com/aeharding/voyager

[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Oooh, now I remeber. I've seen it but I didn't like it - looks like it's made by Apple... However I just installed Liftoff app and it's decent. Will use it til Boost comes out.

[-] SteveDC@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I did notice in the last update that they now have an option for a more Android-y look and feel.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Tons of reasons why this is a really bad idea, and I'm staunchly against it.

It breaks accessibility.
Its completely unpredictable. Which clicks open new tabs, and which ones don't? How do I know a click won't open a new tab?
Having every click just open in the same tab is predictable, explicit, and is the norm for most of the web (except the annoying sites which open things in new tabs regardless of if we want them to).
Its super easy on any browser to do anything @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml recommended.
- Sites that open things in new tabs don't give you that choice. It opens in a new tab whether you wanted it to or not.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

!plugins@sh.itjust.works

LemmyTools has this

[-] Shikadi@wirebase.org 2 points 1 year ago

My problem is that if I click on a text post thumbnail expecting it to expand the preview like with image posts, it opens the post instead

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this post was submitted on 16 May 2023

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