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Force New Tab Running In Background
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Yuchen Wang
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Published
Published on August 12, 2011
Version 2.2.2
Manifest version
3
Updated
Updated on December 24, 2024
productivity/workflow
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Description

Force New Tab Running In Background

!!!Support of all Link/Tab/Flash!!!

Description: Normally, Each click on a link that wants to open a new tab will ACTIVE THE NEW TAB Now, After install this extension, the new tab will RUNNING IN BACKGROUND

Feedback: https://github.com/monque/ChromeExtension-ForceBackgroundTab/issues


version 2.2.2 Fix service worker unavailable

version 2.2.1 Upgrade chrome manifest version to v3

version 2.2.0 New feature: With the new rule management, users can set whether a site open in background or not

version 2.1.5 Using chrome.storage instead of localStorage, options will sync with google account

version 2.1.4 Add support for Chrome 79 https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs#property-Tab-pendingUrl

version 2.1.3 Add chrome-extension:// to exception list

version 2.1.2 Revert to version 2.1.0, that the version without moentizus file

version 2.1.0 Performance improved Add new rules to exception list

version 2.0.5 Sorry for the hotfix caming late bugfix:add NEWTAB's url of chrome version 30.x to exception list

version 2.0.4 bugfix:add chrome-search:// to exception list

version 2.0.3 bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 tabs in background when making 1 click bugfix:remove the active mode for the bug above, also means it may be a FLASH when you openning a new tab

version 2.0.1,2.0.2 bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 identical tabs when using Google Reader

version 2.0.0 improved:improve the efficiency in passive mode feature:add active mode to prevent the FLASH when open a new tab

version 1.12.0 bugfix:when Chrome first open the extension can not work improved:update some API method because deprecated

version 1.11 improved:update Manifest_Version to version 2, and fix script to fit new version

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