Problem: Sometimes when reviewing edits, we open the contributions list of an user and have to click on each diff link to check if there is anything wrong with the edits. For those that do it many times a day, it may be boring and time consuming to individually click on each of them.
Who would benefit: Reviewers in general, admins, stewards, oversighters, checkusers.
Proposed solution: It would be easier to have a button to open each diff in a new tab. Even if a limit is defined. Just like we have Smart rollback to rollback all the edits on a list, it will make our work easier and we will tend to be more thorough when looking for edits of a vandal, sockpuppet, or anything alike.
Works on my laptop, with Firefox 63. It may depend on your browser. You might also be able to right-click and choose "Open in a new tab" from the context menu. Anomie (talk) 13:38, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If you're using a browser, you can click and hold which will generally open a series of options, one of which is usually open in new tab. (No comment on the apps.) --Izno (talk) 00:46, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I note this sounds more suited as a user script or gadget than as a change to MediaWiki itself. Helping develop gadgets is stated to be within the Community Tech team's scope. Anomie (talk) 13:38, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C and Super Wang: It opens one link at once. If I understand the proposal, it needs one link to open in new tabs all changes on some list (contribs). Similar gadgets I can find on plwiki for opening multiple unreviewed (FlaggedRevs) edits. --Wargo (talk) 19:59, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Handling multiple tabs is a pain on mobile, no matter what. (Plus I doubt browsers take kindly to scripts opening dozens of tabs.) If mobile is the focus of the feature, ideally you'd have some kind custom interface that lets you walk through a list of diffs, e.g. by offering them up one after the other with a set of action buttons (like rollback/accept) or with swipe-based navigation. That's a bit too involved for a gadget, though. --Tgr (talk) 02:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Teles: It certainly is possible but again you need to design and implement a dedicated interface which is a nontrivial amount of work. My point is that "open a bunch of links in new tabs" sounds super simple but wouldn't really be helpful (definitely not on mobile) and a more proper solution wouldn't be simple so this isn't really the "quick win" task it sounds to be. --Tgr (talk) 21:56, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]