OK... you two are confusing me.
So trscsaeg, you are describing how it works perfectly, but I fail to see the issue.
And what captainsticks said is also correct. In any situation where it would open a new tab, it does.
i was just going into detail of how the button and a bookmark currently provide the same functionality but the subtle difference in the way the provide it. which is site inspector opens in new tab unless focused on a new tab page which then the button will just use the new tab page you are already on.
i went into this detail because if i said the bookmark and the button are the same, i didn't want someone to come back and knit pick about how they're not the same just because of this subtle difference in the way that they provide the same function. that was point one
the 2nd point was about how it would be better if they added one of these functionalitys instead of just a button that provides no real new function that the user can't really create themselves.
site inspector icon next to links giving an indication of safe, malicious, suspicious, inconclusive.
(green for safe. red for malicious. yellow for suspicious. grey for inconclusive.)
clcik on the icon to view full report. if that's not possible then add the ability to click the site inspector icons next to links to open new tab and start the scan
right click scan link with site inspector. this would be great for if you can't get icons to show next to all links like how WOT currently can't do for all sites