Force Background Tab
Force New Tab Running In Background
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3.98
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Does exactly what it promises to do
- Opens both internal and external links in new background tabs
- Works perfectly for many users
- Very useful for users who want to open multiple tabs without immediate distraction
Cons
- Not working anymore for some users
- Issues related to compatibility with manifest v3
- Bug that switches back to default tab behavior when adding pages to bookmarks
- Extension may soon be unsupported due to not following best practices
Most mentioned
- Stopped working or issues with functionality
- Request for an update to work with manifest v3
- Positive experiences with the functionality of opening tabs in the background
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Recent rating average:
3.70
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-18 |  | | ja | 新しいタブがバックグラウンドで実行されない。アクティブになる。削除して追加したら一時的に直った。しかしまた機能しなくなった。私はBraveブラウザで使用しています。 |
| 2024-12-06 |  | | en | It's great and still working fine, but I'm sorry to see this message "This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions." in this page. I hope google respect users with special needs like this addon. |
| 2024-12-05 |  | | en | Not working anymore, and no alternatives that I could find. Sad. |
| 2024-11-14 |  | | en | Tried to get BullX to load in background tabs. It didn't work. Not sure if it has anything to do with manifest 3. Bummer. |
| 2024-11-14 |  | | en | Stopped working? |
| 2024-11-08 |  | | en | not working as of today for me |
| 2024-10-15 |  | | en | Great extension but this needs to be ported to manifest v3. |
| 2024-10-13 |  | | ||
| 2024-08-23 |  | | en | Good |
| 2024-08-07 |  | | en | Both internal and external links open in a new tab in the background, perfect, and there is nothing else that does the same thing. Can you please update this so it works with the new manifest v3? |
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