On Feb 17, 2015 10:05 PM, "Chris Green" <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 02:29:37PM -0600, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:47:25 +0000 > > Chris Green <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > Is there any way in Firefox to 'open' a URL but not move to a tab to > > > display it? > > > > > > I want to open internet radio URLs without changing what Firefox > > > shows, so either some sort of hidden TAB or simply a way of not going > > > to tabs opening certain specific URLs would do what I want. > > > > > > > If I understand you correctly what you want to do is enable "Don't load > > tab until selected" in the options menu for tab preferences. > > > Yes, but it must only apply to a few specific URLs, I want to keep > everything as it is for everything else. > > I want to be able to click on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four</a> > (and a few similar URLs) so that I hear the Internet Radio station but > I don't want Firefox's display to change. For any other (non Internet > Radio) URL I want everything to work as it does at present. > > These will be bookmarked URLs, kept in the bookmarks toolbar, so I can > if necessary add some javascript/html around them if it would make > what I want to do possible. > > -- > Chris Green > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> Hi, I do a similar thing by pointing a lightweight media player at the URL and browsing as normal. Alternatively point a second browser window at radio 4 (or similar) minimize it and carry on. Not the most elegant solution I know but it works! Pete s