Open in New Tab (middle click) - about:blank Before Page Loaded
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YumeYao
Apr 6, 2012, 3:03:15 AM4/6/12
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Hi,
I found this design / bug really annoying. When you use mouse middle
click to open in new tab (NOT the case by right click -> choosing
'open link in new tab'), the opened tab will show about:blank in
address bar before the page is loaded or fully dies. This makes it
impossible to manually stop-reopen / refresh if the response is slow.
The thing confuses me most is that when you do it with right click
menu, it's ok...... So definitely the handler functions for middle
click on link and menu item 'open link in new tab' are not
identical.... Code portion failure??
I found this design / bug really annoying. When you use mouse middle
click to open in new tab (NOT the case by right click -> choosing
'open link in new tab'), the opened tab will show about:blank in
address bar before the page is loaded or fully dies. This makes it
impossible to manually stop-reopen / refresh if the response is slow.
The thing confuses me most is that when you do it with right click
menu, it's ok...... So definitely the handler functions for middle
click on link and menu item 'open link in new tab' are not
identical.... Code portion failure??
Pierre
Apr 6, 2012, 4:28:03 AM4/6/12
to YumeYao, chromium...@chromium.org
Hi, Thats's right. Well observed.
You should open an issue, I think.
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
This previous about:blank exists only in Chromium/Chrome all versions.
It does not exist in the other browsers I have : FF, IE9, Opera
Pierre
Apr 6, 2012, 4:46:57 AM4/6/12
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Neither in Safari
Evans Turner (Work)
Apr 6, 2012, 10:05:30 AM4/6/12
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I have also noticed this and it's very annoying.
Sometimes I only want to quickly modify the URL and don't want the
page to finish loading...but I have to wait because it doesn't show
the URL until the page starts to load...and this often takes a while
when the server is slow.
If you create a bug report, please share the link here.
-Evans
Sometimes I only want to quickly modify the URL and don't want the
page to finish loading...but I have to wait because it doesn't show
the URL until the page starts to load...and this often takes a while
when the server is slow.
If you create a bug report, please share the link here.
-Evans
Pierre
Apr 6, 2012, 1:19:15 PM4/6/12
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I opened an issue
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122391
On Apr 6, 4:05 pm, "Evans Turner (Work)" <jevansturnerw...@gmail.com>
wrote:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122391
On Apr 6, 4:05 pm, "Evans Turner (Work)" <jevansturnerw...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Aaron Bohannon
Apr 6, 2012, 2:06:10 PM4/6/12
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IIRC, showing "about:blank" in the address bar is the behavior that is
specified in the HTML5 spec.
specified in the HTML5 spec.
- Aaron
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Pierre CHAZAL
Apr 6, 2012, 2:32:22 PM4/6/12
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Really ? Thks
Pierre
Apr 7, 2012, 1:37:41 AM4/7/12
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Middle-click normally opens a new tab in background. To open it in
foreground, in Chomium/Chrome, there is no parameter as in all other
browsers : an extension, "tabs on the front", is needed. I guess the
author of the topic uses it, as I have always done.
foreground, in Chomium/Chrome, there is no parameter as in all other
browsers : an extension, "tabs on the front", is needed. I guess the
author of the topic uses it, as I have always done.
> Le 6 avril 2012 20:06, Aaron Bohannon <aaron...@gmail.com> a écrit :
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> > IIRC, showing "about:blank" in the address bar is the behavior that is
> > specified in the HTML5 spec.
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> > - Aaron
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> > IIRC, showing "about:blank" in the address bar is the behavior that is
> > specified in the HTML5 spec.
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> > - Aaron
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> > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Pierre <pcha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I opened an issue
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> > >http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122391
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> > > On Apr 6, 4:05 pm, "Evans Turner (Work)" <jevansturnerw...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> I have also noticed this and it's very annoying.
>
> > >> Sometimes I only want to quickly modify the URL and don't want the
> > >> page to finish loading...but I have to wait because it doesn't show
> > >> the URL until the page starts to load...and this often takes a while
> > >> when the server is slow.
>
> > >> If you create a bug report, please share the link here.
>
> > >> -Evans
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> > >> On Apr 6, 3:03 am, YumeYao <yume...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> > Hi,
>
> > >> > I found this design / bug really annoying. When you use mouse middle
> > >> > click to open in new tab (NOT the case by right click -> choosing
> > >> > 'open link in new tab'), the opened tab will show about:blank in
> > >> > address bar before the page is loaded or fully dies. This makes it
> > >> > impossible to manually stop-reopen / refresh if the response is slow.
>
> > >> > The thing confuses me most is that when you do it with right click
> > >> > menu, it's ok...... So definitely the handler functions for middle
> > >> > click on link and menu item 'open link in new tab' are not
> > >> > identical.... Code portion failure??
>
> > > --
> > > Chromium Discussion mailing list: chromium-disc...@chromium.org
> > > I opened an issue
>
> > >http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122391
>
> > > On Apr 6, 4:05 pm, "Evans Turner (Work)" <jevansturnerw...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> I have also noticed this and it's very annoying.
>
> > >> Sometimes I only want to quickly modify the URL and don't want the
> > >> page to finish loading...but I have to wait because it doesn't show
> > >> the URL until the page starts to load...and this often takes a while
> > >> when the server is slow.
>
> > >> If you create a bug report, please share the link here.
>
> > >> -Evans
>
> > >> On Apr 6, 3:03 am, YumeYao <yume...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> > Hi,
>
> > >> > I found this design / bug really annoying. When you use mouse middle
> > >> > click to open in new tab (NOT the case by right click -> choosing
> > >> > 'open link in new tab'), the opened tab will show about:blank in
> > >> > address bar before the page is loaded or fully dies. This makes it
> > >> > impossible to manually stop-reopen / refresh if the response is slow.
>
> > >> > The thing confuses me most is that when you do it with right click
> > >> > menu, it's ok...... So definitely the handler functions for middle
> > >> > click on link and menu item 'open link in new tab' are not
> > >> > identical.... Code portion failure??
>
> > > --
Evans Turner (Work)
Apr 9, 2012, 9:17:25 AM4/9/12
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That doesn't make sense. If HTML5 truly required this for some bizarre
reason, then I would gladly suggest violating the spec. However, I
doubt the spec really requires this. The address bar in a tab should
always show the actual address the browser is attempting to load. If
the page isn't loading immediately and I want to modify the URL
slightly, I should be able to click the stop button and still have the
address to edit or copy.
-Evans
> > Chromium Discussion mailing list: chromium-disc...@chromium.org
reason, then I would gladly suggest violating the spec. However, I
doubt the spec really requires this. The address bar in a tab should
always show the actual address the browser is attempting to load. If
the page isn't loading immediately and I want to modify the URL
slightly, I should be able to click the stop button and still have the
address to edit or copy.
-Evans
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