Sorry for the confusion, I mean like a link on a website like GameFAQs or something, is there a way to make the link clickable so I don't have to highlight it and right click to open in a new tab.
Sorry for the confusion, I mean like a link on a website like GameFAQs or something, is there a way to make the link clickable so I don't have to highlight it and right click to open in a new tab.
I think I understand what you're asking, but you're using the wrong term. A link is a URL that's linked to some highlighted text and is already clickable.
I gather what you're asking about is an unlinked plaintext URL on a webpage IE:
Code:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/573974/
The only utility that I know of that does what you want is ICeCoffEE, it allows command clicking on URLs plus a few other things. It's an APE though, so consider yourself warned.
I too held onto my Safari allegiance for a long time, but now that FF 3 is stable, there's zero reason not to use it. You can configure it to work like Safari, plus a whole lot more.
Regarding your specific need, I would recommend FF + the Easy DragToGo plugin. Highlight text and give it a flick (mouse gestures) and a new tab will open with a Google search of that text (or whatever your current search engine is). Do the same to an unlinked URL (like what you were asking, it'll open that. Or a regular link, for that matter. You can custom-configure the behavior every which way -- each direction of drag-n-drop "flick" can have a different action (open in new tab, open in background tab, new window, etc etc etc). Can't live without it. (And no, I'm not the author... just a rabid fan 🙂