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Open external link in new tab

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brian.n.jackson
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When using Firefox for Android, I can open links from another app (e.g. Feedly, Proton Mail) and only a small notification box says they are opened in Firefox, without leaving the app I'm in. Once I open Firefox a list of tabs will open for all those links I clicked externally.

Firefox Preview instead opens every time I click a link from an external app. This means I need to keep switching back and forth between the two apps if I'm trying to bulk open many links, such as from a reading list.

Can this functionality, to open external links in the background, be added into Firefox Preview?

When using Firefox for Android, I can open links from another app (e.g. Feedly, Proton Mail) and only a small notification box says they are opened in Firefox, without leaving the app I'm in. Once I open Firefox a list of tabs will open for all those links I clicked externally. Firefox Preview instead opens every time I click a link from an external app. This means I need to keep switching back and forth between the two apps if I'm trying to bulk open many links, such as from a reading list. Can this functionality, to open external links in the background, be added into Firefox Preview?

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Hi Brian

This is something that we have been looking to include in Firefox Preview, but looking at our work in this area documented at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/470, it appears that a feature that is required is not enabled in more recent versions of Android.

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Paul
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Hi Brian

This is something that we have been looking to include in Firefox Preview, but looking at our work in this area documented at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/470, it appears that a feature that is required is not enabled in more recent versions of Android.