Background Tab for NewsBlur

Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur.

What is Background Tab for NewsBlur?

Background Tab for NewsBlur is a Chrome extension that allows users to open links in the background by pressing customizable hotkeys. It enhances the browsing experience in NewsBlur by providing a feature that used to work without an extension but broke in Chrome 41.

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By: Darryl Tam

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Users: 228 ▼ -3

Rating: 4.60 (10)

Version: 0.5.0 (Last updated: 2024-06-27)

Creation date: 2015-03-15

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

http://www.newsblur.com/*
https://www.newsblur.com/*
http://newsblur.com/*
https://newsblur.com/*
http://beta.newsblur.com/*
https://beta.newsblur.com/*

Size: 46.75K

Email: ba*****@darryltam.com

Ranking

# 54670 ▼ 523

Other rankings

#1109 in News & Weather ▼ 5

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Extension summary

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This extension allows you to open a link in a background tab by pressing a customizable hotkey (default 'o' or 'v'). This feature used to work without an extension, but it broke starting with Chrome 41.

Be sure to reload the NewsBlur page after installing or changing the hotkey(s).

Source code is available at: https://github.com/Lyrrad/NewsBlurBackgroundTab

What's new?

0.5.0:

Migrate to Manifest V3. Known issue: Customized hotkeys not working. It should still work with the default "o" and "v" hotkeys. Pull requests or suggestions welcome.

0.4.1:

User reviews

Basic daily need!

Alberto Calderón, 2015-07-09

Good extension, but not perfect. Before this feature was broken in Chrome 41, opening more than one tab in the background would que up the tabs, adding each new tab to the right of the last one. With this extension it opens them up to the left of the last opened tab. Is there are way for you to add an option to open tabs to the right of the previously opened tab?