Hi all! As most of you hopefully know by now, there have been quite a few security alerts related to IE and it's many vulnerabilities. So I thought I'd give Mozilla a shot again. It's a different version number so I figured some of my issues may have gone away (can't be too safe either...). Granted, some did, but two main ones still exist and I'm hoping a Mozilla 0.9 guru here can find a way to help me out.
1). Some links I click on don't change colors if I go back to the first page. Actually, the only place I've noticed that is here on the Dell forums. I'll look at a thread and if I don't reply, I'll just click the nifty back button on my mouse (I know, I know... I'm terribly lazy). Problem is, the link shows up like I didn't click it at all. Even if I click back in the browser window, it still doesn't change. If I manually click on Win XP, then all the links I've looked at this session change. I really, really just want them to change like they do in IE...
2). I really dig the tabbed browsing that Mozilla offers. Problem is, I'd really prefer if every time I clicked a link that opens a new window, that window would open in it's own tab instead of a new window. I've gotten used to haveing multiple IE windows open in my taskbar so I've told tweak UI to group them all, but I'd really like to exploit this feature to it's fullest.
I guess that's it. If anyone has any ideas for me, I'll gladly take a look at them. Thanks a lot!!!
1. I don't use IE, so I can't comment on how it is different, but clicking on the 'back' button in Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox does just what it should - takes you back to the page you were previously on. The page you were previously on did not have that post marked read, so returning to it also does not have it marked read. If you want the post you were just looking at to show as read, then you need to also reload the page.
2. I've gotten so used to right clicking a link and selecting 'Open in New Tab' that it seems as natural as simply left clicking.
While we are talking netscape/mozilla/firefox, I have one pet peeve that keeps me using Netscape 7.0 instead of one of the newer Mozilla versions...
In IE and Netscape 4.x, a Cntl-O would open a 'Open Web Location' dialog box. In Netscape 6/7, Ctrl-Shift-L opens that dialog box. I use that method of pasting a URL without having to use the mouse all the time. In Mozilla/Firefox, that dialog box doesn't exist. I find it awkward to have to lift my hand from the keyboard, click on the address bar to make it active, and then come back to the keyboard for the Ctrl-V.
Maybe I'll just go ahead and assume that my computer is possesed then. It's really wierd. When I was still using dial up, even IE would exibit the said behavior. Then I went to school that provided broadband and the links on Dell started behaving as usual in IE. Now that I'm home again and switched to cable, the links still behave as expected. It's just wierd how it only happens on Dell's site. Every other link works fine even with I just click back. I suppose it's in some cookie setting that I haven't thought to check yet - I will prevail!!!
And thanks for the tip on the whole right click thing. I didn't even know that existed until now. Cool beans.
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2. I've gotten so used to right clicking a link and selecting 'Open in New Tab' that it seems as natural as simply left clicking.
While we are talking netscape/mozilla/firefox, I have one pet peeve that keeps me using Netscape 7.0 instead of one of the newer Mozilla versions...
In IE and Netscape 4.x, a Cntl-O would open a 'Open Web Location' dialog box. In Netscape 6/7, Ctrl-Shift-L opens that dialog box. I use that method of pasting a URL without having to use the mouse all the time. In Mozilla/Firefox, that dialog box doesn't exist. I find it awkward to have to lift my hand from the keyboard, click on the address bar to make it active, and then come back to the keyboard for the Ctrl-V.