Middle click opens tabs in background
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** Chrome 30 (or 29?) fixed the middle click bug! Now you can disable or remove this extension. See you next regression. **
This is an extension for those who are suffering from the bug http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62319.
If this is not what you are looking for, instead you might want to try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ikbkhpkapkmhaoiabhlkmicpeakhhpip.
Changelogs: 1.4.1 (Apr 28, 2011) Fixed installation failure caused by a missing file.
1.4 (Apr 27, 2011) Works before page load is completed. Fixed ctrl+left-click, shift+middle-click, shift+ctrl+left-click and shift+left-click's behaviors. Note that shift+left-click behavior, which opens the link in a new window, is not fully emulated.
1.2 (Feb 26, 2011)
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