Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site using bounce rate instead of voting?

Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by dkokelley on Monday March 03, 2008 @03:13PM (#128282)

I agree. I don't like how the links open over HN, so I always open the outgoing links in new tabs.

Feature request: Could the links to outside sites open in new tabs/windows by default, so that we don't navigate away from HN when we actually use this site?

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by joshwa on Monday March 03, 2008 @03:41PM (#128307)

  // ==UserScript==
  // @name				 news.yc open in new tab
  // @namespace		 http://joshwand.com/
  // @description	 opens links on news.yc's list pages in new tabs/windows
  // @include			 http://news.ycombinator.com/
  // @include			 http://news.ycombinator.com/news
  // @include			 http://news.ycombinator.com/newest
  // @include			 http://news.ycombinator.com/x?*

  // ==/UserScript==

  var a, links, thisdomain;
  thisdomain = window.location.host;

  links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
  for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
      a = links[i];
      if (a.host && (a.host != thisdomain || String(a).match(/item\?id=/))) {
          a.target = "_blank";
      }
  }

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by some on Monday March 03, 2008 @05:14PM (#128364)

I would prefer the loop this way:

  for each(a in links) 
   if (a.host && (a.host!=thisdomain || String(a).match(/item\?id=/)))
    a.target = "_blank";

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by joshwa on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @12:41AM (#128643)

What can I say, I don't actually know JS. I just cargo-culted this from another similar script.

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by bkrausz on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @12:27AM (#128633)

Given the nature of browsers that would be counterproductive: one can easily setup browsers to open new tabs with the middle mouse button, but there's no way to stop new tabs/windows from being opened as such.

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by iamwil on Monday March 03, 2008 @03:25PM (#128293)

Given the way I surf hacker news, I'd get annoyed with that. I only open up new tabs when it takes a long time to load.

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by kingnothing on Monday March 03, 2008 @07:06PM (#128440)

You could just use your middle mouse button to click the links; that will open them in a new tab.

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Re:Ask YC: Would it make sense to build a social news site ... by dkokelley on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @02:53AM (#128693)

That's what I currently do. But I have to actively evaluate the links. Is it a discussion/poll, or will this take me somewhere else?

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