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I principally use Firefox both at home and at work, but on occasion I use Chrome. I have Firefox working the way I like it by having it open bookmarks in a new tab when left clicked, as well, URLs open in new tabs. Although having URLs open in a new tab can be annoying if I type a bad URL, I still prefer it, but that's neither here nor there.

I would like to replicate this behaviour in Chrome, and can't seem to find anything relavent in the settings. Is there any way of doing this without an extension? If not, can you point me towards an appropriate extension (I've already done a search and can't find what I'm looking for)?

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The default Chrome acts like the default Firefox concerning tabs...

The behaviour of Tabs Mix Plus that you describe is available in ChromePlus. ;-)

(One Caveat about Chromeplus is that they do not update their core Chrome engine version as soon as it puts one out. It is often at least one, sometimes two version numbers behind Chrome)

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Thank you! One quick question though: Does ChromePlus support rocker gestures? Right click and drag is good enough, but I prefer the rocker gestures for navigation. – MBraedley Jul 23 '10 at 13:49
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You can also use this extension.

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NO! Opening links in a webpage isn't the problem because I just use the same action as I do in firefox: middle click if I want it in a new tab, left click if I don't. – MBraedley Jul 23 '10 at 13:05
OK, how about dragging the bookmark to the tab at the top? It will open in a new tab. – JNK Jul 23 '10 at 13:11
"I would like to replicate this behaviour in Chrome" All I do is left click a bookmark and it opens in a new tab. Doing anything different in Chrome introduces cognitive dissonance. I'd rather not have to relearn how to do something for the rare occasions I use Chrome. – MBraedley Jul 23 '10 at 13:16
Then you won't be able to do it with Chrome. There are currently no addons for this. There are several threads on the google forums about it and no resolutions besides what has been offered to you here. – JNK Jul 23 '10 at 13:23
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Hold down the CTRL key when you click on a link/bookmark, this will open it into a new tab.

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NO! I don't want to hold down ctrl, middle click, right click and select from a menu, or anything like that. I just want to be able to left click because I have been doing that and will continue to do that whenever I use Firefox. – MBraedley Jul 23 '10 at 12:50
AFAIK, this opens the page in a new tab, not a new window on all major browsers. – Ross Rogers Jan 10 '11 at 19:08
@Ross yes, I said "new window" when I should have actually said "new tab", will edit the original answer. – Richard Jan 11 '11 at 13:01
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