Video link in new screen

[SLAVA]

it would be nice if video links would opens in new screen/tab like it used to be.
i use Firefox and it always opens links for me in the same screen.
thanks an advance

[Hobbit]

Slava,

Just right-click on the link of interest and you will see the options:
"Open Link in New Window"
"Open Link in New Tab"

[SLAVA]

sure but i was hoping you can save me that click

[HeluvaSkier]

sure but i was hoping you can save me that click

If your mouse has a wheel on it you can usually click that wheel and open links in a new window.

[SLAVA]

Hey Thanks HeluvaSkier,
too bad it doesn't work with my mouse but that would be off line story...

[Hobbit]

The default http link behavior according to the standards is to follow the link in the current tab. That is why the Forum software developers are against re-creating the old Forum behavior.

If you look at some other posts, the ones which do use the URL BBC tags are much more friendly and readable.

I've made a simple small modification so that the URL BBC marked up posts will be opening in the new browser tab.

Please look at the editor screen when you are posting the message. It has the BBC codes markup buttons in the upper part of the window and one of the buttons says "URL" so please start using it.

If you want to post a link which will be user friendly, push the "URL" button and the URL markup template will appear in your text.
Modify the opening "[url]" text to look like "[url=http://your_link_to_the_video_or_web_site] " and then insert your link description between the "[url]" and "[/url]" BBC markers.

The final text should look like:

"[url=http://your_link_to_the_video_or_web_site] Your_link_description_text[/url]"


Of course you can type the URL markup tags by hand if you'd like. You can open the older posts for edit if you are the author and change the link style if you wish.

Here is an example of the direct "lazy" cut&paste style link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewxeiFPSzg
and the user friendly link which uses URL markup tags.

I will be moving this thread into the "Forum Feedback" section shortly.

Thanks.

[SLAVA]

Hobbit,

Thank you for clear explanation and your hard work.