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.

Background Tab for NewsBlur Chrome Extension

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

Users: 224

Rating: 4.60

(10)

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

Creation date: 2015-03-15

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

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 52,937 ▼ 235

Other rankings

#1015 in News & Weather ▲ 61

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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?

Mathias L, 2015-03-27

Works as advertised!

Jeff Forcier, 2015-03-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Background Tab for NewsBlur requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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