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by harimau777 380 days ago
Disabling right click. I often want to open up various products in multiple tabs so that I can then go through them and select one to buy. When a website disables right click, I often just give up and don't buy anything.

Similar is having "links" that are actually implemented using an onClick handler so that I can't right click and select "open in new tab". Often this results in me later realizing that I opened the link's image in a new tab rather than the link itself.
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bmacho 380 days ago
> I often want to open up various products in multiple tabs so that I can then go through them and select one to buy. When a website disables right click, I often just give up and don't buy anything.

Hold Ctrl with left hand, and click-click-click with your right hand

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BenjiWiebe 380 days ago
Does your mouse have a scroll wheel? They always(afaik) can be clicked by pressing down, called a middle click.

Middle clicking links opens them in a new tab, at least in Firefox.

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pantalaimon 380 days ago
On X11 you can even select any text and middle click the new tab button to search for the selected text / open the URL in a new tab
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BenjiWiebe 378 days ago
Interesting. Didn't know that one. Thanks!
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