I know this is no great feat, but just wanted to post my bookmarklet, that I use to turn all the links on news.yc into `target="_blank"` links:<p><a href="javascript:function%20getScript(url,%20success)%20{var%20d%20=%20document,script%20=%20d.createElement(%27script%27),head%20=%20d.getElementsByTagName(%27head%27)[0],done%20=%20false;script.src%20=%20url;script.onload%20=%20script.onreadystatechange%20=%20function(){if(%20!done%20&&%20(!this.readyState%20||%20this.readyState%20==%20%27loaded%27%20||%20this.readyState%20==%20%27complete%27)%20)%20{done%20=%20true;success();script.onload%20=%20script.onreadystatechange%20=%20null;head.removeChild(script);}};head.appendChild(script);}getScript(%22http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js%22,%20function()%20{if(%20typeof%20jQuery%20==%20%27undefined%27%20)%20{alert(%22jQuery%20could%20not%20be%20loaded%22);}$(%22td.title%20a%22).attr(%22target%22,%20%22_blank%22);});">YC - Open in new Tab</a>
On my netbook, I have a multi-touch trackpad, so a 2-finger tap does the trick as well. Even with the "target=_blank" I'd probably still do a middle-click/2-finger tap to have the new tab open in the background. That way, I can quickly scan HN (or reddit or whatever else) and open up all the items I'm interested in and then read through them rapid fire.<p>Good exercise, though!