Cool little Firefox tip
OK, I lied...I do have something, after all, and even though it's shamelessly "borrowed" from the current issue of MacWorld magazine, it's still something you might find useful.
This is a one trick pony kind of tip, but if you ever find the need to open a page that you just visited in a new tab, there's a shortcut to accomplish this. Command+click* on your browser's forward or back button (whichever leads to the page in question) and that page will display in a new tab.
When I first read this, I thought that it was neat but fairly useless...but I find that I'm starting to use it more and more. Perhaps you'll find it helpful as well.
*Well, that's the key on my Mac's keyboard; I don't know what the equivalent Windows key is called. But I'll bet you can figure it out.
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Beth, I didn't mean to imply that this is the only way to open a link in a new tab...it's simply a shortcut for creating a new tab for a previously visited page which you decide you want to view in a new one.
If that makes sense...
Posted by: Eric at May 11, 2006 06:48 AMAhhh...cool! I'll have to give it a go - I'm guessing it's the control key for us non-mac-y people.
BTW, I didn't think you were implying/saying/indicating that it was the only way to do it. I was just sharing how I do it. Cause everyone in the whole universe wanted to know that I click my mouse wheel. :) (Come on, you wanted to know, admit it!)
Posted by: beth at May 11, 2006 11:14 AMWell, I was afraid I hadn't been clear in my description, which wasn't the finest example of technical writing.
But, yes, mad props to you and your mouse wheel. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at May 11, 2006 11:19 AMFor Windows users, hold down the CTRL key and click for the same trick.
Posted by: Kelly at May 11, 2006 04:22 PMGreat tips! Both Eric's and Beth's were new to me. My life is so much better for this. ;)
Posted by: ern at May 14, 2006 08:53 PMErn, we're all about making lives better here at the Gazette. ;-)
That would, now that I think about it, make a great slogan for Mozilla: "Better living through Firefox"
Posted by: Eric at May 14, 2006 08:59 PMAbout the publisher
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Hmm..I just click the roller wheel to open a link in a new tab in Firefox -- not sure if I set it up to work that way or if it just worked that way - I switched over a long time ago.
I love tabbed browsing ...wish they'd let me install Firefox at work.
Posted by: beth at May 11, 2006 06:42 AM