Wow, that is much nicer. Though I would have settled just for “default opening links in new tabs”
you can do that with a userscript if you want to keep the lemmy interface
although i do not understand why people like this. just middle click instead?
It’s such a sensible and common default that I’m unused to being required to middle click.
i personally think it’s a terrible default. a normal link i can easily choose to open here, in a new tab, or in a new window. target=“_blank” removes that choice, and forces me to open it how the site dev wishes
I’ve always seen it as a dark pattern to keep users on the site (like bing uses it[1]). it was really nice to see lemmy not doing that. it’s weird to see people calling it sensible
see also old reddit doing the user friendly thing of same tab, new reddit opening a new tab ↩︎
I don’t use mouse so no middle click.
Where is the userscript option? Using a browser extension?
this is a userscript that i’m using, and has the option to enable open all links in new tab. i also found this whilst searching for it just now, but i haven’t used it
but what device are you using that doesn’t have a mouse, trackpad, or ctrl key?
I’m using it right now on new.endlesstalk.org
It’s beautiful yes, but it’s also kinda dumb. Lots of page elements (like the community banner and notifications section) need manually refreshing to show anything, and I need to press ‘Go’ after changing view (like Subscribed/All or Hot/New) like the web of ancient times. This may just be how it’s implemented at endlesstalk, but there’s other irritations like not having the option to upload a picture when creating posts, and it not actually doing anything if I change my settings to toggle ‘Show NSFW’
It looks like that instance isn’t using the most up-to-date version since the “press go” issue has been fixed. Try to keep in mind that the initial commit was on June 24 and it’s still very early in the development stage. If you look at the commits, you can see the developer has been very active.
I’ve been planning a frontend a bit like this. I’m glad I’m not the only one that wanted a solid, widescreen friendly, single tab interface… because I was unlikely to ever work on the one I was thinking of.
I’ve been using it for the last day or so on a separate account and I like it so far. It’s a new app and there’s plenty of stuff planned for it, but the ability to open comments in a separate column instead of another tab is fantastic. There’s already a request for light mode in the repo, which is my biggest issue right now.
Kinda looks like kbin
