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Google Reader: Open in background tab - 0.4

by merikonjatta
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Opens new tabs in background when you press ‘v’ in Google reader.
Updated to version 0.4. Some of the issues pointed out below are resolved now.

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Google Reader: Open in background tab

CHANGELOG

0.4
* Minor fixes

0.3
* Fixed: Interferences with form elements

0.2
* Changed event handling so that it doesn't interfere with pre-defined listeners
* Fixed: 'v' key not working in other areas like email post to friend
* Fixed: Does not work in Expanded view

0.1
* Initial publish

Older Versions

  1. Version 0.1
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  2. Version 0.2
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  3. Version 0.3
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Reviews

  1. raka says:
    November 22, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    does not work !

  2. demetrio says:
    November 22, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    Awesome! This really what I was needed in GReader. Thank you! :)

  3. raka says:
    November 22, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    how does it work for you? did i do something wrong?

  4. raka says:
    November 22, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    ok , now it also works for me, in “list view”.
    is it planned to work in “expanded view” as well?

    thx for this application!

  5. Peter says:
    November 23, 2009 at 12:34 am

    Nice extension, really needed since chrome won’t let you open news items from Google Reader in a background tab. Only problem is the extension intercepts some presses of the ‘v’ key at the wrong time, such as when you editing tags and ‘trying’ to email a news item to a friend. Otherwise, great extension!

  6. bartheq says:
    November 23, 2009 at 5:49 am

    Yeah that’s what I need, but it doesn’t seem to work (:

  7. roy_hu says:
    November 23, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Hey guys, I like this idea a lot, but this extension doesn’t work well, as others noted. Go to http://sites.google.com/site/ggchromium/ for my enhanced version.

    Changes include:
    1. Effective only when Shift-V is pressed. Pressing ‘v’ triggers the default action of GReader.
    2. Opens the link next to the current tab.
    3. Works both in Expanded View and List View.

    Enjoy it!

  8. merikonjatta says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:35 am

    Hi guys, thank you for the feedback.

    I updated the extension so that
    1. It works in Detailed view
    2. Does not interfere with emailing, etc

  9. roy_hu says:
    November 24, 2009 at 2:49 am

    I did a quick test and I don’t think you fixed the interference. I think I have a solution now. Go to http://sites.google.com/site/ggchromium/ for my version.

  10. merikonjatta says:
    November 24, 2009 at 9:20 am

    roy_hu,

    Am I invited to use your code in this extension?
    Or will you sign up and post your own here?
    In the latter case I am willing to take mine down.

  11. roy_hu says:
    November 24, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    You’re welcome to integrate my code. That’s why I hold back to upload my version.

  12. Oiseau says:
    November 27, 2009 at 7:46 am

    Perfect – works as expected. I was always annoyed by items opening in foreground tabs – now I can finally read my newsfeeds w/o mouse :)

  13. burgonya says:
    November 28, 2009 at 6:46 am

    well, it works for me, but it opens everything twice, it’s pretty annoying.

  14. Scott Granneman says:
    December 3, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    Using Google Chrome 4.0.249.22 for Mac OS X, when I press v, TWO background tabs open instead of one. Other than that, thank you for this extension!

  15. Santosh says:
    December 5, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    It opens two identical tabs when I press V. Did I do something wrong while installation?

  16. merikonjatta says:
    December 7, 2009 at 10:36 am

    Scott, Santosh,
    Thanks for the feedback. hmm strange… it doesn’t happen on my Chrome.
    Anyway I’ve uploaded a new version with small fixes. Would you please try it and see
    if that problem still happens?

  17. Juho says:
    December 11, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Just downloaded the new version and it still seems to open every tab twice. :/

  18. hector says:
    December 16, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    does not work

  19. zen says:
    January 7, 2010 at 4:16 am

    with the latest versione of Chrome (4.0.288.1 dev) open every tab twice.
    any tips for restoring the normal behavior?

  20. John says:
    January 31, 2010 at 6:46 am

    still problem with loading two tabs every time – any update as this extension is exactly what I need

  21. Matthew says:
    February 16, 2010 at 2:11 am

    Works as advertised on a Mac for me. Thanks a lot!

  22. Peter says:
    February 28, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    Fails badly in 5.0.322.2. Opens 12 windows for one ‘v’ press. Worked up until that version.

  23. petra says:
    April 19, 2010 at 11:42 am

    You have a typo:
    Get hold of utlity extensions for chrome’
    Should read
    utility!

  24. Grant says:
    May 1, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    Thanks for writing this, it works great in Chrome version 5.0.342.9 beta on OSX.

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