Chrome (v3) extension to make links open a new window instead of a new tab
This minimalistic extension makes Chrome (mostly) tabless by default; to open a link with a tab now requires holding down ctrl.
There already exist a few extensions on the Chrome store that attempt something similar, but with much added complexity to cover all edge cases, making them a pain to inspect manually before installing. Given the constant dribble of news about malicious extensions I'm not installing anything I can't read first and understand. The code for this extension was about 20 lines before comments were added, and is extremely straightforward. I suggest you inspect it before installing it!
This is distributed as an unpacked extension to ensure it is easy to see all the code before installing it. Click the most recent release on the right-hand side of the screen; download and extract the source to a separate folder. To install an unpacked extension go to chrome://extensions/ and click the "load unpacked" button (you may need to enable developer mode) and select the folder. If you delete the folder later the extension will be rudely uninstalled.
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Double-clicked HTML files from your desktop are still opened as tabs.
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The extension applies to each new page you open after installing it; pages already open will behave as before.
I'm happy to take any suggested "simple" fixes for these as long as the total code remains less than a page long.