Calling Raven - Tabbed Browsing

11 years ago

My system:

ASUS
Processor: AMD A8-3800 2.40 Ghz, 5 core
RAM: 8 GB
Windows 7 Professional, 64 Bit
Service Pack 1

Brouser: Internet Explorer 9

I had been using IE-9 for some time and fending off upgrading because there was a problem with getting the Tab to behave, but of late a few sites have been warning that unless I upgrade, some functionality would be missing at their sites.

Today, I installed IE-11 and it seemingly kept the former
TAB settings, but it did not work the same way. I tried to adjust the TAB settings to my liking, but was not successful. It seems to have a mind of its own (and yes, I did try closing and restarting the browser, IE, after changing a setting. I also finally noticed that for some settings, IE-11 requires a complete re-boot of the computer. I tried re-booting but no luck.)

I wish to duplicate what I was able to do in the older browser which was:

1. Open the home page and connect to the internet.
2. Open a new tab and go to "That Home Site Forums".
3. Then select a forum by opening it in a new window - this fails. I have to open a forum in the same tab and then use the back button to return to the "Home Site Forums".

Can you help?

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oldfixer
11 years ago
My IE11 has tabs that work, but it was on the new computer, not an upgrade. No advice where/how to change them. By chance, would Chrome or Mozilla be an option?
PS: I chose Mozilla in order to get ADBLOCK, which helps here on GW. (Adblock was not yet compatible for IE11.)
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
11 years ago
I honestly have not used IE in so long I am not familiar with it's settings and I am not home now so I can't get to my computer to see.
I use Firefox on my desktop computer and it works great for me.
If you have Firefox try it out, you may need to update it. Any time you want to open something in a new tab you can right click on it and choose open in new tab. You can also set up the sites that you go to regularly on the bookmarks toolbar and then you have a one click solution to get to any of them.
To put sites on the bookmarks toolbar just grab the url address bar of the site and drag the url down onto the bookmarks toolbar and it will create a new spot for it.
If your Firefox is not showing the bookmarks toolbar right click way up at the top of the browser and it should open up the options and make sure there's a check mark in front of bookmarks toolbar option.

I wish I could help you with IE but I am in the RV down by the river. Lol

Here is a link that might be useful: Bookmarks toolbar
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jemdandy
Original Author
11 years ago
ravencajun:

Thanks for the reply. FireFox could be an option for me. I do not have a copy in my computer (or on CD), but that can be remedied. I am using both Mozilla's "Thunderbird" and ATT/Yahoo! for email.

I am mystified as to why IE-11 can not do what IE-9 did. Maybe its another case of screwing up a good feature that worked in an earlier version.
stacey_mb
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Ravencajun - thank you for these tips for Firefox. I use Firefox all the time and these ideas are very helpful!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
11 years ago
You are welcome. I have lots of Firefox add-ons and stuff that I use daily that make a big difference to me.
Glad I could help.
gadgets
11 years ago
Ravencajun: What version of FF do you use? I'm still using 28.0.

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jean_mi_z5
11 years ago
You can also open a new tab in Firefox and Chrome by pressing your control key when you click on a link. A new window will open when you press your shift key when you click on a link.
jemdandy
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11 years ago
Ravencajun:

Thanks for you time and consideration.

I reverted back to IE-9 and all is well - the TABs work fine. I am still mystified as to why I loose some capability whenever I try to upgrade to a later version of Internet Explorer.

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