Hyper links

I just made this Javascript snippet code to make all external links have the attribute necessary to make it open on a new window (target="_blank"). You need Greasemonkey or any way of injecting scripts into websites for it to work, so it works in browsers other than Firefox and doesn't need the tab to be protected using Tab Mix Plus.

// userscripts header would go into here if it wasn't automatic links
// Script made by PTMblogger

// identify all threads
var threads = document.getElementsByClassName("content");

// for each thread, do...
for (var nr = threads.length - 1; nr >= 0; nr--) {
	// identify this thread
	var thread = threads[nr];
	
	// get links of thread
	var threadlinks = thread.getElementsByTagName("a");
	
	// for each link, do...
	for (var amount = threadlinks.length - 1; amount >= 0; amount--) {
		// identify this link
		var link = threadlinks[amount];

		// detect link address
		var linkhref = link.getAttribute("href");

		// define a pattern to decide if the link goes to an outer domain or not
		var pattern = new RegExp("^http://(?!portableapps.com/)", "i");
		
		// if the pattern matches, result is true
		var result = pattern.test([linkhref]);

		// if the patter match is true, then the link is external and actions should be taken
		if ( result = true ) {
			// add it the new attribute that opens the link in a new window
			link.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
		}
	}
}

I am a beginner in Javascript, and if the regexp wasn't an enough hell, I absolutely failed to add a rel="external" to external links due to being unable to make the if/else statement work. So this only makes external links open in new tabs.

Protecting tabs seems superfluous. Personally, I've disciplined myself to always middle-click on index pages (forum lists, topic lists, etc.) so I don't lose the index. Protecting tabs just sounds like a way to confuse you if you're not careful (if you get too used to a left click opening a new tab, you might forget that it doesn't on an unprotected tab).

Firefox users depend too much on their extensions, methinks. I guess because I grew up with IE, I've never felt they were important. I used a few extensions back when Firefox was my browser of choice, but I'm now using Chrome and I don't really miss any of them (with the possible exception of CoLT, but I feel that "Copy Link Text" should be a standard feature in browsers anyway--why it's not is beyond me).

since it came out and now use the Windows 7 beta, and the wheel has never opened Flip3D for me--it's always a middle click. Must be specific to OEM-installed mouse software. I personally never leave a computer in its OEM factory state--it gets wiped out almost immediately after I buy it.