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How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

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Whenever I click on an URL in Skype, Windows opens up Google Chrome straightaway with the webpage. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype?

I like to click and open URL's — that counterparties on Skype message me — straightaway in my browser, to remind me to read them after I finish Skyping. Unquestionably, it's unproductive to click one URL, then have Windows switch to Chrome — then I must minimize Chrome and return to Skype. Undeniably, I loathe repeating this with each URL messaged me.

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Opening a browser when you click on a URL sounds like normal behavior. Do you mean you have a differe... (2 comments)

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TextKit‭	(no comment)	Jan 4, 2022 at 04:28

This answer is to the question as originally asked, not what it was edited to several days after this answer was written.

How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype?

Don't click on the link! Clicking a link without any additional keys or unusual setup in just about any software since the late 1990s means "I want to see the document referenced by this link". If you want to stay in Skype instead of seeing the referenced document, then don't click.

This behavior is so universal, it's hard to imagine what you expected clicking the link to do.

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Some systems like mac support cmd+click in many programs to open links in the background . (4 comments)

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TextKit‭ wrote over 2 years ago

Monica Cellio‭ There is no basis whatsoever for "bad form". How isn't my intended question obvious? I all ways intended to click URL's while using Skype. NOT clicking on URL's was out of question. From my questions, anyone can know that I know about NOT clicking on URL's — doubtless I am not asking about this! You are correct — I edited my question to clarify — but I have not changed the substance of my question.

samcarter‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

TextKit‭ In the context of a Q&A site an "outdated answer" refers to a solution that at the time of posting worked fine, but since then circumstances changed and the solution either no longer works or there are better solutions now available. Using this reaction for an answer which does not meet this specific criterium is abusing this reaction.

samcarter‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

@VLDR As you can see from comments like https://powerusers.codidact.com/comments/thread/5490#comment-15648 , there where a couple of different ways in which users interpreted the first version of the question. What might be a clear question for you, might not be clear for others. Embrace this and don't blame others for misunderstanding your question. You can avoid problems in which users answer to what they guess you mean, by reacting to comments which ask for clarification in a timely manner.

TextKit‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

"don't blame others". I am not blaming others. I am just highlighting that the intent of my question has always been obvious, which Olin Lathrop's answer missed. If a user is uncertain about the intent of my question, then they can request clarification as comments, rather than construe it uncompassionately. What would you like me to do about the reaction?

samcarter‭ wrote over 2 years ago

@VLDR The point is that while the intend of your question might have been obvious to you, it obviously was not for others. And from personal experience, it is very difficult to ask you something in comments. How many comments did it take before you reacted here? I think I had to comment under at least 3 of your other posts. About you reaction: I would like that you retract the "outdated" reaction. If the answer does not solve your problem, you can either just ignore it or downvote it, but "outdated" certainly does not apply to this post.