Force Background Tab

Force New Tab Running In Background

Total ratings

4.01 (Rating count: 231)

Review summary

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Pros

Works well for opening internal and external links in the background.
Simple and does exactly what it promises to do.
Useful for multitasking without needing to switch between tabs frequently.
Does not load any adware/malware.

Cons

Needs to be updated for manifest v3 compatibility.
Some features, like opening background tabs with CTRL, are missing.
Has a bug that resets to default tab behavior when adding bookmarks.
Occasionally stops working on different platforms (e.g., Macbook).
Misinformation about functionality; some users report it doesn't work as claimed.

Most mentioned

Needs to be ported to manifest v3.
Has a bug related to bookmarks.
Works well but has compatibility issues on different devices.

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Recent reviews

Recent rating average: 4.30

All time rating average: 4.01

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Date	Author	Lang	Comment
2024-11-14	CoinHippy	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	V	en	Stopped working?
2024-11-08	Joe Momma	en	not working as of today for me
2024-10-15	Shank Stir	en	Great extension but this needs to be ported to manifest v3.
2024-10-13	senilvo acri carvalho
2024-08-23	Scarlet	en	Good
2024-08-07	Eadwine Rose	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?
2024-08-07	Laptev walrus	en	great, simple, working
2024-07-24	Ross Vassev	en	works.
2024-07-13	Fran Mora	es	Funciona muy bien

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