Quick Safari 3.1 tip: double-click for a new tab
Not sure why it took so long for so useful of a feature, but I’ve been loving it in Safari 3.1 on my Mac for the past few weeks. I opened 82 tabs in the browser during a two-hour stretch yesterday (hey… I was bored and curious… a deadly combination) so opening new tabs quick and easy-like is a plus. Instead of hitting Command-T on the keyboard, you can simply double-click any blank space in the Tab bar within Safari 3.1 and poof! you’ve got a new blank tab. I’d screen print the area I’m describing, but you probably get the idea, plus I’m at the Quackertown Quakertown, PA Starbucks with the Q1UP.
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Firefox has had this feature for some time and IE7 has the same.
it is quite useful
..wiley
NW Houston
Opera has it too.
I prefer Ctrl T to open a new tab. It’s a great shortcut.
And Ctrl W to close a tab.
JK
http://mdjosephkim.blogspot.com/
Now, a better shortcut would be doubleclick a link to open it in a new tab vs in the existing window. eliminate the right click or the keyboard
“Now, a better shortcut would be doubleclick a link to open it in a new tab vs in the existing window. eliminate the right click or the keyboard”
With IE7 or FF (probably others too) and a 3-button mouse, you can middle click to open a link in a new tab. Even handier.