Do you know that the middle mouse click is not as useless as it seems to be? There are several useful things that it can do in a browser.

  1. Clicking the middle mouse button (by pressing down the scroll wheel) on a link in a browser will open the link in a new tab.

  2. Clicking the middle mouse button on an open tab will close the tab.

  3. Clicking the middle mouse button on a website will turn the cursor into a autoscroll button. You just have to move your mouse to scroll up/down/left/right the webpage. (Left) Click anywhere to deactivate the feature.

Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. He is proficient in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS, and worked as a part time WordPress Developer. He is currently the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier.

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