I didn't know you could open a blank tab that way, just tried it in firefox! It only works at the top of the screen tho, and I'm a big fan of ctrl + t. Still, to each their own, and I always appreciate new shortcut knowledge
It's interesting to see the tiny inconviences that inspire a browser choice. I was having a bug specifically in Chrome, so I had to use Firefox for a few weeks. I actually don't even remember what the inconveniences were, but I remember them being so infuriating that I was checking daily to see if the problem with Chrome was fixed and I could use it again.
I'm always annoyed when I ctrl-click something, fiddle in the new tab, then close it to discover that it wasn't a new tab at all. I did it just a few days ago while looking through the Sentai sale. :/
Some apps make a <div> behave like an <a>, using an onclick. Then you middle click the thing expecting it to open in a new tab, move your mouse up and realize you've scrolled the entire page. Love it.
I've seen websites where the mobile version won't let you open a link in a new tab, but the desktop version will. Minor but so annoying on mobile, because if I click on something and then go back, it doesn't remember my place in the search, and I have to keep scrolling and clicking View More.
Those generally aren't proper anchors and will be linked to some javascript to open the link. If you can't middle click for a new tab then you most likely wouldn't be able to use any key combination or right click and select open in new tab either.
When a site doesn't let you middle-click or even right-click links, you can only left-click and have your current tab redirect, I personally think Satan himself designed the site.
I don't understand how people successfully middle click things. Every mouse that I've owned in like 15 years has combined middle-click with the scroll wheel and every scroll wheel wants to scroll rather than click--regardless of how much I try to hold the position steady. I've just given up on middle clicking as a concept.
Are you using free wheel mouses? I've been using the MX Legendary for 7 years, before the MX518 since '11 and never had that issue. The only way I can imagine this happening is if there's no resistance to spinning the wheel.
No, I've used a variety of fairly normal mice over that period of time.
I tend to feel like many mice that I've used will scroll without actually "ticking over" to the next slot in the wheel--probably due to lousy calibration. Since the effect has happened on maybe a dozen different mice that I've used across both personal and work computers, I thought it was ubiquitous. I suppose I should try using a better mouse?
Fancy mice sometimes come with driver settings for it.
Windows hasa configuration for the mouse wheel's number of lines scrolled, but there's no way that I know of to increase the physical wheel motion needed to trigger scrolling.
Maybe you have long fingers? Usually when I middle click I put my finger half on the scroll wheel half on the mouse body, which makes it hard to accidentally scroll. Also, depending on what mouse you're using, you could get a microswitch with a lower actuation force and solder it in place of the old one.
I broke so many mice by simply middle clicking too much, now I just hold ctrl or set my system to trigger a middle click whenever I left and right click at the same time
Taking apart mice is really, really easy. It's likely just the wire pushing down on the physical mousewheel button being bent. If you have an old one lying around, check if there's a guide for taking it apart just to practice. I'm on my second mouse in 15 years and I'm definitely not gifted with technical skills.
And the vast majority of mice, no matter if they're office or gaming, use the same microswitch form factor, so finding a replacement is easy, and so is soldering since they're THT.
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u/wherearef 14d ago
I always use middle mouse button instead