Do you follow online links directly, or do you open them in new tabs/browser windows?

Contributor: GONE! GONE!
New tabs usually.
05/11/2012
Contributor: js250 js250
I'm a right clicker.
05/11/2012
Contributor: TransMarc TransMarc
I was happy to begin a new Google Chrome session and now I have 3 windows open with 60-70 tabs in each (maybe 80 for one.)
I'm weak.
Well, that answer it: I open tabs.
05/11/2012
Contributor: Terri69 Terri69
I open in a new tab
05/11/2012
Contributor: Woman China Woman China
Right click just easier.
05/11/2012
Contributor: Ice1 Ice1
Quote:
Originally posted by Petite Valentine
"That's one thing I like about Chrome, if I hover over a link a little pop up at the bottom of the page appears with the web address."

"That's an option in every web browser."

But did you ever notice that it ... more
Most likely because the link in the thread you made is anchored in the post and the displayed URL does not have to match what the actual URL is. I could make a link on a website that has hovertext as "Google.com" but actually links to "Yahoo.com" while the text link on the page says "Potatoes". It's a stealth redirection of the URL.

It still has nothing to do with your browser.
05/12/2012
Contributor: Eva Schwaltz Eva Schwaltz
I follow links directly, I can stay focused that way.
05/12/2012
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
Quote:
Originally posted by Ice1
Most likely because the link in the thread you made is anchored in the post and the displayed URL does not have to match what the actual URL is. I could make a link on a website that has hovertext as "Google.com" but actually links to ... more
Ah, I missed this when it was posted...

I'm not talking about stealth linking. It's true, I could choose something horrible like rotten.com and give it the title, "Pink Fluffy Kittens" but that's not what is going on here.

People are placing links and giving them appropriate titles, but the links still redirect back to the thread if you right-click.
07/07/2012
Contributor: pirkit pirkit
I open a new tab.
07/07/2012
Contributor: PeachCandy PeachCandy
I usually open the link by right clicking to open in another window or by coping/pasting in a new tab
07/07/2012
Contributor: Tangles Tangles
A lack of tabs is definitely what killed Internet Explorer all those years ago.
07/07/2012
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I just click and open up the link and see where it takes me. Either and old window or new one.
07/08/2012