LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank");

Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by jey on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:10PM (#405545)

"this also works out well for those who prefer using the keyboard to navigate links in a page. ( yup, vi/emacs does that to ppl ! )"

I am a keyboard junkie and I have no problem with Hacker News. I just use the amazing Vimperator extension which adds vim keybindings to Firefox. So to open a link in a new tab I just press "F" to activate quickhints, which displays a number beside each link, then I type the number of the link I want. (Or I can type some text that is contained in the <a> tag). http://vimperator.org

Ultimately this is a browser UI issue, not a Hacker News issue.

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by RossM on Monday December 22, 2008 @07:47AM (#406323)

While I'm not a Vim user (or even an emacs user) that sounds useful without the knowledge of Vim keyboard shortcuts.

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by jey on Monday December 22, 2008 @12:28PM (#406582)

Knowledge of vim is not required but helps; the manual is pretty thorough.

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by bosky101 on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:16PM (#405552)

hey, thanks for the tip...

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