Does not open links in new tabs in various webkit-browsers

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In various WebKit-based browsers, opening a link with “o” results in it loading in the current tab, regardless of settings. Clicking on the link, as opposed to pressing “o” works - ie. it results in the link loading in a new tab.

I have tested:
epiphany (WebKitGTK)
midori (WebKitGTK)
qutebrowser (QTWebKit)

WebKit 601.1 (GTK) and 538.1 (QT)

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It does work when jQuery.browser.mozilla=true though

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Sent a pull request on a workaround https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/pull/744

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I know for Chrome  he had to make a extension to hack around browser to hack around the browser limitations.  Did he already fix it at some point to bypass that?

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Fixed and deployed. Thanks for the PR! That was key to getting this done. :slight_smile:

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As of this evening, ‘o’ and ‘v’ are no longer working for opening the current story in a new tab in Chrome (45.0.2454.85 (64-bit)) on OS X Yosemite… related to this fix?

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Hi,
thanks for applying it! :slight_smile:

As for o/v breaking in Chrome. Yes! That’s my fault :(. I have submitted a fix to Samuel.

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I should’ve been more careful, but it worked in my browser (ahem … safari).