What is Background Tab for NewsBlur?
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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:
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Extension safety
Risk impact
Background Tab for NewsBlur requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Background Tab for NewsBlur is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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