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What is the HTTP referrer for Firefox when opening a link in a new tab?

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Mar 15, 20266533 views
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Just out of curiosity: My default browsing behavior (with FireFox 3.5) is to open links in a new tab. If I am searching something in google, I always right-click search results and open them in a new tab. If I am looking at popular links on delicious.com, I right-click and open the link in a new ta…

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Fix for: What is the HTTP referrer for Firefox when opening a link in a new tab?

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In FF 3.0.11 it sends the referrer exactly as if you had opened it in the same window (tells the site where you came from). As far as I know this behavior is true for all browsers. The FF Live HTTP Headers addon is good for testing these kinds of th…

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