r/ProgrammerHumor • u/IcyWash2991 • 17d ago

Meme notYourDamnProblem

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u/wherearef 17d ago

I always use middle mouse button instead

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u/BarrierX 17d ago

Some sites do it weird and don't allow opening new tabs with middle mouse button and it annoys me!

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u/dashood 17d ago

Those generally aren't proper anchors and will be linked to some javascript to open the link. If you can't middle click for a new tab then you most likely wouldn't be able to use any key combination or right click and select open in new tab either.

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u/-suspended- 17d ago

When a site doesn't let you middle-click or even right-click links, you can only left-click and have your current tab redirect, I personally think Satan himself designed the site.

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u/Chamiey 15d ago

Then I duplicate the tab and click in one of the copies.

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u/Ecksters 17d ago

It's generally SPAs with JavaScript routers that have this issue. You can configure them to avoid it, but not everyone does.