Tuesday Tech Tip: Quickly open links in a new tab in Firefox & Chrome
Both CTRL-Left lick and Right-Click|Open Link in New Tab do the same thing. But neither are the most efficient was of opening a link in a new tab. Instead, click on the link with your mouse’s scroll wheel to open that link in a new tab.
UPDATE: Thanks to JD for pointing out that this works in Chrome too.
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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