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Browser Question (IE, FF, ??)

TelemachusTelemachus uncomfyRegistered User regular
edited February 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Someone I know is using Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or something. He refuses to switch to something better because he wants his new windows or tabs or what have you to load the page he just left, i.e. opening a new window while viewing a BBC story would create a new window which displayed the same BBC story. Apparently nothing else he has tried has this feature, and it is a deal breaker for him. Does anyone know of a method (extension or otherwise) which could accomplish this feat? I've Google'd to no avail. Thanks.

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    If he's on Vista just make sure he has protected mode on for all zones and leave him be. IE7 isn't that bad anymore and IE8 is starting to actually look good.

    If you really want to try, look into Opera, they invented tabs and might have the features you're looking for. Also try introducing him to the IE7Pro add-on for IE, it has adblock and spell checker among other things increased tab functions.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Firefox has that exact same feature.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Firefox I am sure will have the option built into about:config

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  • TelemachusTelemachus uncomfy Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yeah, it's implemented in Firefox but it doesn't work:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269664

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I use a mix of browsers and Firefox isn't one of them because of various tab issues over the years and memory usage being too high on my older PCs.

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  • vonPoonBurGervonPoonBurGer Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Telemachus wrote:
    he wants his new windows or tabs or what have you to load the page he just left, i.e. opening a new window while viewing a BBC story would create a new window which displayed the same BBC story.
    Then he doesn't really want a new tab or window, but rather he wants a duplicate tab or window. Thus, he could probably accomplish what he wants in Firefox using the Duplicate Tab addon.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Opera does this either with the Down, Up mouse gesture or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N. That's tabs though, I don't know if there's a shortcut to duplicate the page in a new window.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Opera can do this. You can set up your own mouse gestures/keyboard commands, and if you pair "open new page in background window" or "open new page in new window" with "duplicate window" you get the exact behavior you describe. Opera is also awesome in every other way.

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Opera can do anything ;-)

    It does a few minor issues, but nothing annoying comes to mind. You can easily modify it, and sessions (which are basically bookmarks) are the most wonderful thing ever. If Opera crashes (and I've had absolutely none since I upgraded to 9.5b), you can reload the last session and get back to what you were doing.

    I tend to use it 99% of the time; the only exception that immediately comes to mind is Pandora, and then only because if I hit ctrl-Q by mistake, I don't want my music to cut out.

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  • TelemachusTelemachus uncomfy Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    vonPoonBurGer wrote: »
    Telemachus wrote:
    he wants his new windows or tabs or what have you to load the page he just left, i.e. opening a new window while viewing a BBC story would create a new window which displayed the same BBC story.
    Then he doesn't really want a new tab or window, but rather he wants a duplicate tab or window. Thus, he could probably accomplish what he wants in Firefox using the Duplicate Tab addon.

    Oh. I don't know why my braid didn't supply that phrasing when I was searching/posting. Obvious. Anyway, this is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

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