Hacker News - New Tab Links

Hacker News - New Tab Links

Lets you open Hacker News' external links in a new tab

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Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-07-20
Users: 37
Rating: 3.50 (2)
Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-04-04)
Creation date: 2017-04-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://news.ycombinator.com/*
Size: 13.47K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Lets you choose to open external links on Y Combinator's Hacker News site in new tabs by default. Your preference is saved, so there is no need to click the setting every time.

User reviews
It isn't working. It show the option in Hacker News, but clicking on posts doesn't open in new tabs. looks like it was last updated in 2017.
by Stephen Inoue Stephen Inoue, 2023-02-04
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Safety
Risk impact

Hacker News - New Tab Links is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News - New Tab Links may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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