@krtumay: I think you are confused now. Evan was asking about the Home button (which optionally appears in the navigation bar, next to reload). NTP can also be opened in the foreground as a new tab using the small '+" icon. The '+' actually does not support middle-click, you must use left-click.
Middle-click always opens a new tab in the background and making exceptions is just likely to confuse users. We are trying to keep things as predictable as possible which is important for software that does not come with a manual. - Itai On Jun 29, 3:19 am, krtulmay <[email protected]> wrote: > Consistency with other tabs opening in the background is fine, but I > must agree with Evan on suggesting that the New Tab page should > clearly be an exception. Since you can always open an NTP and there > are so many ways to do it, you would never want to queue any NTPs in > the background, and the only time you ever need an NTP is if you need > it *right now*, so it should open in the foreground. This is a > clearly needed exception. > > And actually, my question about tabs opening in the background should > be generalized to Chrome's default of opening tabs in the background. > It is not fine for the 50% of users who do want tabs to open in the > foreground. And if Google has testing that says the otherwise, I > would like to see an explicit statement saying so and preferably with > quantified stats please. > > On Jun 27, 5:59 pm, Peter Kasting <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I argued from the point of consistency and mentioned my personal preference > > only as an afternote to point out that the consistent behavior would not be > > universally despised. > > > PK > > > On Jun 27, 2009 4:08 PM, "krtulmay" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is fine except for the other 50% of users who do want the browser > > to change tabs for them. > > > And before you reply with "there are more than 50% of users who want > > new tabs queued in the background" or say that it's your preference, I > > would like to see explicitly a statement from Google's testing if it > > actually is so and preferably with quantified stats please. > > > On Jun 26, 5:22 pm, Peter Kasting <[email protected]> wrote: > Given that > > there are a large numbe... > > > > On Jun 26, 2009 5:09 PM, "Evan Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Peter Kasting<[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > I don't underst... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers > > mailing list: chromium-dev... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
