104994 - Open tab in background

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 102120

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Chris Charabaruk]

As seen on n.p.m.wishlist:
Jeremy Friesen wrote:

> First off, I must say I really like the flexibility of the new tabbed 
> browser windows. I love being able to mix and match new windows and new 
> tabs, it's extremely convenient for my browsing habits. However, there's 
> one feature that would make it just perfect for me:
> 
> The ability to open a link in new tab, but have that tab open in the 
> background behind my current page.
> 
> Often when I'm reading a page with many links, I want to follow some of 
> the links, but don't want to stop reading the current document. If I 
> could have those links be loaded in the background, by the time I'm done 
> reading the original page, all the interesting links would be finished 
> loading, and would be available in a series of convenient tabs. Yum.
> 
> I can simulate this by opening in a new tab then quickly changing back 
> to the original tab, but it would be nice to make it less disruptive.

This is an excellent idea, something I would love to see too. How about it?

Comment 1

[John Morrison]

Is it just me, or are there a disproportionate number of duplicates being filed 
for 'tabbed browser'.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102120 ***