new tab next to current tab
ok so... why has the simple process of browsing the web been made so damn annoying ?
i want to open a new tab next to a current tab and what do i have to do for this to happen ? 1) i see if there is any option for it in the options - there is nothing 2) i type in about:config and see if can find anything there - nothing 3) i go to google and search for some answers - nothing (the thread is probably closed) 4) i register an account to post a replay - nothing (the thread is closed - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/926633) 5) i have to look for a place where i could post a new thread and ask why is that thread closed where i could easilly have posted my question 6) so - how do i make it happen without installing any special addons and why has this process been made so damn annoying ?
/firefox 33.1, win7 (i already installed that addon and now also updated ff, so lets see if anything changes)
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Support threads that are over 6 months old are automatically locked by the forum software, as with that thread which was started in May of 2012. As of very recently, Google shouldn't be indexing locked support threads here any more. I don't know how quickly that takes effect. Sorry for your inconvenience.
Are you using any "tab" add-ons such as TabMix Plus, as the user who posted the "Solution" in the captioned forum thread was using?
Without using an add-on - browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent is still the pref that you need to toggle to false to turn that pref off.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/926633#answer-330432
- Support threads that are over 6 months old are automatically locked by the forum software, as with that thread which was started in May of 2012. As of very recently, Google shouldn't be indexing locked support threads here any more. I don't know how quickly that takes effect. Sorry for your inconvenience.##
my only inconvenience is the fact that you are trying to remove the whole point of having a google search engine and the freedom of the internet in the first place - why are the threads closing automatically without any automatic option to re-open them to add to a discussion on the free interwebz ?
tabmix plus is even more annoying because it wants to make the tabs look pointlessly "fancy" and you need to go through 15 pages of options to get the normal visual back (if its even possible)
i did set that preference to false, but it did not change anything (it was true before)
ok, i guess all the links do open next to the current tab, but when i press CTRL+T, it will open the tab to the very end... which is very annoying... maybe someone can switch the CTRL+T and CTRL+SHIFT+T commands? (the latter seem to solve the issue, but takes too much buttons to press...)
Ctrl+Shift+t should reopen the last tab you closed in that window, so I don't think that's a practical solution for opening a new blank tab adjacent to the current tab.
When you want to create a new tab next to the current page, is it generally to do a search, or I guess another way of asking it, what do you want to see on that tab? Maybe someone can come up with a hack-around.
Your example is one of the reasons those older threads are locked automatically! You reference an "answer" that didn't even apply to your issue! As I stated, that answer applied to TabMix Plus, which I guess you don't use based upon your expressed disdain for that add-on. And I agree with you, it's too complicated. Plus it breaks "stuff" too often with the Rapid Release schedule.
Basically, the "whole point" of locking those old threads and not allowing them to be indexed is to "force" users to not use information that may have changed or isn't applicable any longer, by not making that information "too available". We see users trying to use old information all too often, and would rather have a user ask a new question than have them be disappointed by trying an "old fix" they read about here.