[chromium-discuss] New Tab to open with clipboard URL

[tenderhooks]

I heard some talk before about what to do with a new tab's page, to
show the history has been pretty popular but one I heard from the
FireFox team was to open a new tab with a URL (if in the clipboard),
which is a great one. I think you should capitalise on this and allow
for menu option File/New Tab from URL(s) and thus if many URLs are in
the clipboard then they are all opened in new tabs.

So it would be a nice power feature, but a hidden simple one, if
anything starting with a www. will be a new tab, or simply new tabs
would always check the clipboard and fall back on the present method
if not containing a URL.

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[Caleb Eggensperger]

There's already "Paste and go" -- open a new tab, right click on the omnibar, and if the text on your clipboard is a URL there is an option to "Paste and go" (I think it's "Paste and search" otherwise).

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[tenderhooks]

Sure but there is no key-combo for that and I was advocating the idea
of a Tab opening (cmd+T) with the rest automated. This is still a
solution but I paste and hit return much of the time. If Chrome could
look for a www. and something that ended in .com (obviously not
everything it would have to look for) this could be automated, but I
understand its a search bar too.

However in the case of automation the Tab page would always be ignored
because there's always something on the clipboard, so I'm interested
only if Chrome can recognise URLs specifically, on top of that it
might want to check the time stamp on the clipboard next to the URL
(if there is such a thing) as the clipboard contents could be four
hours old and thus not likely to be the reason for opening a new tab,
something like the last minute might be the threshold or 10secs.

On May 2, 11:27 pm, Caleb Eggensperger <caleb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's already "Paste and go" -- open a new tab, right click on the
> omnibar, and if the text on your clipboard is a URL there is an option to
> "Paste and go" (I think it's "Paste and search" otherwise).
>
>
>
>
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> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 16:42, tenderhooks <lovel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I heard some talk before about what to do with a new tab's page, to
> > show the history has been pretty popular but one I heard from the
> > FireFox team was to open a new tab with a URL (if in the clipboard),
> > which is a great one. I think you should capitalise on this and allow
> > for menu option File/New Tab from URL(s) and thus if many URLs are in
> > the clipboard then they are all opened in new tabs.
>
> > So it would be a nice power feature, but a hidden simple one, if
> > anything starting with a www. will be a new tab, or simply new tabs
> > would always check the clipboard and fall back on the present method
> > if not containing a URL.
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[PhistucK]

Perhaps a paste and Alt+Enter will help you?

It will open the entered URL in a new tab.

☆PhistucK

[tenderhooks]

But that's three actions when it could be just one. Computers need to
do things more like a human would, if I've just recently copied a URL
to my clipboard and surprise, surprise just openend a new tab then its
more than likely that I'm going to paste it in the Omnibar and go with
it, why make me do three things when opening the tab should be enough.

[Simon B.]

If a plugin can access the clipboard then this could be an extension.
Or make an extension "Many new tabs" (or ads a bonus button in one of
the Session Manager-style extension) that shows a big textarea, and
each URL you paste in there gets opened as a new tab, perhaps even
with visual confirmationi which URL:s have been recognized and opened.

(This also opens up for the possibility of multiple search since you
no longer have to avoid opening tabs for non-URL:s)

[MarkPLunney]

Clipboard access is currently an experimental API so this could be an
extension in the future.

http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/experimental.clipboard.html

I like the idea but as a default behaviour it may confuse the user,
who would be used to seeing the same New Tab page when they open a new
tab.

[PhistucK]

The user does not necessarily want to paste the URL that was copied.

I would see this functionality as a disturbance in some cases.

☆PhistucK

[tenderhooks]

Its key for this to work intelligently that clipboard items have a
time stamp, I still do not know if this is the case, does anybody?

"(This also opens up for the possibility of multiple search since you
no longer have to avoid opening tabs for non-URL:s) "

Simon b: I think that would be a case for an extension, while it is an
idea the whole practice would probably be too confusing and less
accurate in real life. If I openend a new tab and three opened I would
be either confused, frustrated or pleased, but I bet you couldn't
guarantee one of those feelings every time, lets aim for a positive
one and say pleased. I'd more than likely be looking to disable the
feature. (Ref: MarkPLunney's comments)

However if it were an extension then much more flexibility would be
added and at my request, but my request is for a default modification
in Chrome to open pure URL from the clipboard if it is a recent
addition to it.

[Simon B.]

On May 3, 5:52 pm, tenderhooks <lovel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...] but my request is for a default modification in Chrome to open pure URL from the clipboard if it is a recent addition to it.

I looked at the clipboard API http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648709(VS.85).aspx
and in order to get the time stamp functionality, it would be
necessary to constantly watch the clipboard for any URL:s incoming.
If you're anyway watching the clipboard, why not build this feature
differently -- by downloadning some shareware or freeware that reacts
to URL:s on the clipboard and allows you to open them in a webbrowser
of your choice! :-)

In conclusion, it is very unlikely you'll get this as a core feature
in Chrome, but there are a couple of ways you can get this feature for
yourself without putting extra burden on the Chrome devs. who are most
likely focusing on finishing things like bugs with low numbers
(cleaning up old stuff), implementing HTML5, and getting Chrome to
understand network issues and give more helpful error messages once an
unusual network error occurs. Remember that non-powerusers are
starting to use Chrome, and they will blame Chrome if their internet
isn't working, no matter whether the error is in their ISP:s DNS
system or anywhere else.