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Open Link/Bookmark in new Background Tab on a Mac

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Can anyone tell me why Open Link/Bookmark in new Background Tab on a Mac only works when it feels like it?

http://www.7is7.com/software/firefox/shortcuts.html

It seems to work on google search pages. It only works when it feels like it on ESPN.
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Got any extensions in there that mess with tabs? ... tried safe-mode? ... just to clear that out of the way
As you can see she's (The CAT) always alert and on the prowl for Meoware !!
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Works for me ALL THE TIME using FF50.1. As dfoulkes suggests you may have an extension conflict. Try FF safe mode.

Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled.......

Report back on your results.

EDIT: Works for me ALL THE TIME on ESPN.

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Yeah... always works fine for me... but I use TMP so that's probably why it does.
As you can see she's (The CAT) always alert and on the prowl for Meoware !!
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> It only works when it feels like it on ESPN.

URL?
Most likely they are specifically trying to subvert opening particular links in a tab.
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therube wrote:> It only works when it feels like it on ESPN.

URL?
Most likely they are specifically trying to subvert opening particular links in a tab.
http://www.espn.com/

Works on EVERY link I tried on that site.


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dfoulkes wrote:Got any extensions in there that mess with tabs? ... tried safe-mode? ... just to clear that out of the way
No. Its a fresh install of firefox.

I have not installed any extensions.
RobertJ wrote:.
Works for me ALL THE TIME using FF50.1. As dfoulkes suggests you may have an extension conflict. Try FF safe mode.

Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled.......

Report back on your results.

EDIT: Works for me ALL THE TIME on ESPN.

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Can you try these two pages?

http://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard
http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings
dfoulkes wrote:Yeah... always works fine for me... but I use TMP so that's probably why it does.
If thats what it takes I have no problem installing TMP.
therube wrote:> It only works when it feels like it on ESPN.

URL?
Most likely they are specifically trying to subvert opening particular links in a tab.
But it works perfectly on my Linux and Windows computer.
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For those pages command + left click does NOT work. Opens in the same tab. However, right click does work.

99% of the time I use command + left click; this is the first site I've seen where it does not work. I suspect it has something to do with the coding on the site but don't have the time or inclination to dig into it.

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If thats what it takes I have no problem installing TMP.
I may have read your topic-title wrong... anyway, I'll have to take a look at my TMP
options (not now) to verify what I said above...
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What is TMP?

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As you can see she's (The CAT) always alert and on the prowl for Meoware !!
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Thanks. As I stated on my MAC using FF50.1 those links open with a right click but not a command + left click.

I always (99%+) use command + left click and have NEVER seen that behavior on any site other than

http://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard

Has to be something with the site coding.

Seems a little extreme to use an extension when a simple right click works.

Just my opinion.

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No, No, No... it's always done things that I wanted it to do. :lol:

TMP = Too Many People... or maybe it was Too Many Pimples... so many possibilities :lol: :-"
As you can see she's (The CAT) always alert and on the prowl for Meoware !!
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dfoulkes, you've been out in the heat too much.

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That is funny~! ... but this morning at about 6am ... it was 30F degrees... but not like when I worked outside in Alaska near Denali ... 58 below zero for 3 days and nights... but then taking into account the 30-40 MPH wind... who knows what it really was... it was just damn cold.
As you can see she's (The CAT) always alert and on the prowl for Meoware !!
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