Ask HN: Why isn't there an option on here to always open links in a new tab?
Even a simple chrome extension to apply target blank to every link. Anything! I'm surprised it isn't like this by default.
When I'm using the phone to browse because I got into some wait-state situation wherever, I just click the link, read it and then back to the comments (if it applies), then back to find another article. There is not really much space to open many pages in tabs in the phone.
Eventually, if for any reason I can't have the middle button simulation with my mouse I would have set the broswer to always open links in new tabs anyway.
In saying that, I think some people could find it useful, and it is an easy feature to implement to implement as a setting.
Some browsers let you set that as the default action for all links as well