----------------------------------- Neo Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:54 pm Firefox: Opening new windows in tab? ----------------------------------- In Opera there is an option to do this, but how would I do it in firefox? ----------------------------------- wtd Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:58 pm ----------------------------------- Grab the Tabbrowser extension. ----------------------------------- rdrake Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:59 pm ----------------------------------- You could right click on the link and go to "Open Link in new Tab", click on the link with your middle mouse button, or if you have mouse gestures installed, run your mouse up or down (I can't remember which one) over the link. All of these will open the window in a new tab. If you mean open windows that open in their own window, then I don't know of an option that'll let it do that. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:06 pm ----------------------------------- I don't really understand that question, although I sometime wonder about something like that myself... Hard to explain. Thanks cartoon_shark, I didn't know that middle mouse button opened in a new tab - pretty handy :). ----------------------------------- 1of42 Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:03 pm ----------------------------------- Yeah, I use the middle-mouse button all the time in Firefox. I'm also pretty sure there's something that will allow you to make all new windows open in new tabs - might be in the Options. ----------------------------------- Mazer Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:46 pm ----------------------------------- I think there's a solution for it in about:config. Failing that, there is an extension, I believe, that forces new windows to open in a new tab instead. (as opposed to using trabbrowser extensions for one thing, which if I remember correctly, gave me some annoyances the first time I tried using it. Though I could be wrong!) EDIT: Woah, rearranging tabs? /me downloads the extension ----------------------------------- Neo Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:28 pm ----------------------------------- in firefox, browse to the page "about:config" Look for the configuration setting for "browser.tabs.opentabfor.windowopen" and set it to true. Hmm... I did just that and it doesnt seem to work. :? EDIT: just got the tabbed browsing extension, works fine now. :wink: ----------------------------------- shorthair Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:43 pm ----------------------------------- why would you not just press , CTRL + T :? :? you guys make things so complicated ----------------------------------- Neo Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:25 pm ----------------------------------- why would you not just press , CTRL + T :? :? you guys make things so complicated The idea is to open a link in a new tab vs opening a link in a new window. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:50 pm ----------------------------------- More importantly, why aren't you using Opera? :cry: ----------------------------------- Neo Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:08 pm ----------------------------------- More importantly, why aren't you using Opera? :cry: I tried it for a week, just didnt like the feel of it. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:11 pm ----------------------------------- But the feel is what makes it so coooool! :cry: Oh, suuuuuuuuure, you don't like the feel of Opera, but you want to make Firefox more like it. :x ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:24 pm ----------------------------------- What? firefox more like it? noooo maybe the speed but thats all (even the voice is now really anoying). + I why do you want new window links to open in a tab? O well atleast your not trying to make it like IE :roll: ----------------------------------- Notoroge Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:40 pm ----------------------------------- It's more organized. I hate having multiple windows. It get's cluttered and annoying. *BUT*, I do like Opera's multiple Windows in one big work area while still having tabs on the top to control the focus. And if I want to minimize everything, just minimize the work area! Huzzah! Pretty Screenshot! The voice commands thing is USEFUL. Not a fad. I make it read to me when I'm tired (eBooks aren't as painful on the eyes. When they start hurting, I just load the text into Opera and make it read them to me. :) And going to websites is really awsome. Instead of typing URLs over and over. I have different keywords for different topics. "Off Topic", "General", "Turing", all assigned accordingly. ----------------------------------- 1of42 Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:34 pm ----------------------------------- While the voice control sounds nice, it's not nice enough to make me switch to the browser that I found to be the worst I ever used (save Netscape.. ugh). It may be better now, but when I used it, it drove me away. And that workspace thing looks like basically tabbed browsing without the automatic maximized content window... so basically the same. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:49 pm ----------------------------------- But better, because I can see content from two different pages and compare them without having to hit the tabs constantly (I do that a lot, surprisingly). Anyways, would you hold contempt against Microsoft for Windows 3.11 even though they're several (much better) versions ahead of it now? Probably not. So why do the same with a browser? I never gave Opera much heed. But with 8.0.1 that totally changed, and made it my #1 browser of choice. It's the sleekest, smallest, most operable (hehe, bad pun) web-browser I've ever seen. Not to mention no memory-leakage issues. :? ----------------------------------- 1of42 Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:56 pm ----------------------------------- But better, because I can see content from two different pages and compare them without having to hit the tabs constantly (I do that a lot, surprisingly). Anyways, would you hold contempt against Microsoft for Windows 3.11 even though they're several (much better) versions ahead of it now? Probably not. So why do the same with a browser? I never gave Opera much heed. But with 8.0.1 that totally changed, and made it my #1 browser of choice. It's the sleekest, smallest, most operable (hehe, bad pun) web-browser I've ever seen. Not to mention no memory-leakage issues. :? Yeah, bad pun ;) I don't use Opera because the free version has huge ads, and I don't want to pay. Plus, it sounds like Firefox has just about everything Opera has in its free version, with (IMO) a nicer interface, and the whole extensions framework, which is something I use a lot of. Thus, I use the Fox. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:51 pm ----------------------------------- Meh, again, free version has a single line running accross the top of the screen with text-ads. Opera has more than Firefox in the standard free version that you have to grab extensions for on FireFox. And in mu opinion, Opera's interface and feel is nicer. But whatever. ----------------------------------- rizzix Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:55 pm ----------------------------------- it does not matter whether Opera has more than FireFox in its standard packaged form. What matters is that FireFox can far exceede its limits through extensions, while Opera cannot, well not so easily. Not only does FireFox have extension support, it also has a large community backing it up. This is firefox's great advantage over Opera, actualy over most other browsers. This is what makes this browsers great. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:02 pm ----------------------------------- it does not matter whether Opera has more than FireFox in its standard packaged form. What matters is that FireFox can far exceede its limits through extensions, while Opera cannot, well not so easily. Not only does FireFox have extension support, it also has a large community backing it up. This is firefox's great advantage(?) over Opera, actualy over most other browsers. This is what makes this browsers great.Say what?