That is a fault of the website. They did not cancel (return false) the link
or handled it gracefully and properly (onclick instead of href).Bad coding
can lead to non future proof behavior. :(

☆PhistucK


On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 20:48, Robert Dailey <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> There is a particular website where you click a picture to view the
> enlarged version. If the picture is a certain large size, it will open
> in a new window when you click it. However, if the picture is small
> enough a Flash/Javascript popup appears and displays the image in
> that. It's very inconsistent. When I middle click on a picture that
> opens in a new window, this opens it in a new tab like I expect,
> however the URL is different. If I Right Click >> Open link in new
> tab, this produces the same behavior but with a different URL it
> seems. Also, for the flash/javascript popup, middle-click does not
> open the picture in a new tab but Right Click >> Open link in new tab
> does.
>
> I thought middle-click was a shortcut for "Right Click >> Open link in
> new tab". Am I wrong?
> >
>

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