Comments on: Quick Poll on Links

By: Freebie Luvah

Freebie Luvah — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:50:14 +0000

My middle button doesn’t work. Oh well–thought you taught me something new.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:32 +0000

Goob, I would learn Chinese if I had to just to read your humorous remarks every day! However, I agree with #36 on this one, keep it simple.

By: devans00

devans00 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:27:27 +0000

I hate websites that end up opening 5 new windows to get where you are trying to go. One window is more than enough.

I hope the “leave things as they are” wins.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:01:34 +0000

Okay, so the question was “What would you like to happen when you click on a link?” Did anybody else click “other” and type in “Have it clean my house & wash the windows?” By the way a big thanks for the right click & the “wheely thing in the middle” hints! I’ve been on the internet forever & never knew about those!

By: Tim Parker

Tim Parker — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:39:30 +0000

Personally, I prefer links that open in a new window. For me, it just make it easier to navigate. I really, really, really dislike websites that keep you in the same window when following a link….I really don’t see what the purpose of that is.

By: KFM

KFM — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:04:54 +0000

Middle-click FTW. Used to Ctrl+click before the middle click opened in a new tab. If you click the left and right mouse button, it simulates a middle-click, notebook users.

Also Ctrl+click will still do it, and Middle-click works on the new IE’s.

By: wishy

wishy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:25:20 +0000

thanks for the ‘using the scroll wheel button to open a new tab’
I’m a firefox user and never knew that. quite helpful tip.

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:57:16 +0000

I like it the way it is.

By: Danae

Danae — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:37:46 +0000

For those of us on laptops that don’t have the middle button, Id much rather it open in a new tab when I click on it…

By: Not tech savvy

Not tech savvy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:46:26 +0000

Some of your visitors are not technically savvy as these young folks. It would be nice if you would keep us in mind by just letting us click on a link and a new explorer would open. It would sure help us out!

By: sharon

sharon — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:16:00 +0000

leave it the way it is we like it that way

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:59:44 +0000

If it ain’t broken – don’t fix it – and HIF ain’t broken!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:14:11 +0000

Clicking the scroll button works on google chrome also.

By: Ferretsrule

Ferretsrule — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:45:03 +0000

I never knew about the right click and open in new window option until recently, also. Just goes to show that you never stop learning, huh? Goob, this site rocks as it is and I don’t need you to change a thing! This is absolutely the best site on the internet in my opinion. Keep up the great work.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:30:48 +0000

Count me as another who didn’t know about the scroll button option. Cool! I do wish, though, that the links automatically opened in a new tab. I think that every time I click because I forget to do the other tricks to open them in a new tab. (Most of the other sites I visit have links open in a new tab.)

By: Christina DeMarco

Christina DeMarco — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:55:23 +0000

I always press the scroll button to open a new tab…so even if things were changed here, I would probably still do it anyhow out of habit…thanks for the great newsletter =0

By: Lori Z.

Lori Z. — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:59 +0000

I like the new tab auto feature. It’s so much easier than pressing extra buttons (since Macbooks have only one button on the mouse and no scrolling wheel, but hey our two fingered scroll is way cooler than what your pcs do!)

By: D.L.

D.L. — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:12:46 +0000

I usually right click and open in a new tab (which is pretty quick for me), had no idea (nor had I ever looked or wondered about another way) that the scroll would do that! Thanks for the tip!!

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:24:13 +0000

The middle wheel click to open a page in a new tab totally rocks! I would always right click and select new tab…Thanks So much for the info! You Rock!

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:42:50 +0000

I had no idea about the middle clicker thinger. That is AWESOME! You should charge for lessons on that Goob . And by the way clicking it does work in IE because I just did it. Just an FYI.