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Opening Email Links in New Tab

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When I click on a link in email, Firefox opens the link in the current tab. My previous version of Firefox opened links in a new tab. Is there a setting to get the previous behaviour?

When I click on a link in email, Firefox opens the link in the current tab. My previous version of Firefox opened links in a new tab. Is there a setting to get the previous behaviour?

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Is that when you click a link on a browser page (web based mail client) or are you clicking a link in an external program to launch the default browser?

An external program to launch the default browser.

Maybe Tab Mix Plus has a setting to open external links in a new tab.

Modified by cor-el

Something like this shouldn't require an addon. This should not have been removed from Firefox's feature list. Firefox is losing the war against Chrome, Safari, Opera, and even Internet Explorer.