Open Selected Links
Adds context menu items to open multiple selected links or selected text URLs in new tabs.
What is Open Selected Links?
Open Selected Links is a Firefox add-on that adds context menu items to open multiple selected links or selected text URLs in new tabs. It also allows links to be opened in view-source mode.
Add-on stats
By: Daniel Veditz
Rating: 3.93
(14)
Creation date: 2016-04-03
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- contextMenus
Size: 10.60K
Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
Adds context menu items to open multiple selected links or selected text URLs in new tabs. Adds a context menu on links that allows them to be opened in view-source mode (this broke in FIrefox 47+ due to bug 1172165; stay tuned).
User reviews
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Pros
- Simple and easy to use
- Works as intended on most non-dynamic web pages
- Opens all selected links as tabs
Cons
- Opens an extra blank tab for each link
- Doesn’t work on dynamic web pages such as Google News and addons.mozilla.org
- Doesn’t have customization options
Most mentioned
- Useful for opening multiple links
- Compatibility issues with certain web pages
- Simplicity of the tool
Recent reviews
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Open Selected Links may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Open Selected Links is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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