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Increased efficiency of right click - New Tab - context menu

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 '''Proposal:''' Overlay the new region with a light gray when it appears, and fade out the gray about 1/4 second. This gives the new region a visible "entrance", making a momentary visual distinction between regions that are, in fact, different to the reader at that moment. I think I'd this a lot, and that many other apps would copy it. (Firefox blazes the trail!)
+== Increased efficiency of right click - New Tab - context menu ==
+Probably the most frequent browsing action after clicking a link is Right Click - Open Link in New Tab.
+'''Problem:''' To enact this, the user must maneuver his mouse right and all the way to the top -- but not QUITE the top -- of a tall stack of choices.
+This maneuver requires a bit of concentration and takes maybe a second to perform. (And still I sometimes accidentally open a link in a new window instead of a tab.)
+On an average day, I probably open 200+ new tabs.
+That's 3.3 minutes a day  -- over 1200 minutes a year -- over '''20 HOURS.'''
+'''Solution:''' Arrange the right-click choices so that Open Link in a New Tab is exactly to the right of the mouse as soon as you right click a link.
+This small change will save users millions of collective hours a year.
+Related: maybe, depending on the element being right-clicked, the choice to the immediate right could be the most frequently used choice.
+This could perhaps be customized by the user.