Re: Off-topic: browser altenatives

[David Auerbach auerbach@xxxxxxxx]

On May 6, at 5:31 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> David wrote:
> > I use Firefox ...customize the behavior of
> > tabbed browswing to a faretheewell,
>
> Can I get something that will make it always open new pages in a
> tab, rather than sometimes launching a new iteration of the
> browser? The new instance occurs when a) I double click on a URL in
> an email, or b) sometimes a web page's link does it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Harry

Yes.









Oh, you want to know how?
I actually think that there's a "native" preference that does that,
but I use an extension called tab mix plus, which allows the setting
of many aspects of tabbed browsing behavior. In particular, it allows
you which kinds of links open a new tab vs. a new window vs.
overwriting the current tab ('kinds of link' link on the address bar,
bookmark link, link in a page (same site links treated differently
than different-site links), etc. A standard option is the ctrl-click
opens in a new tab.
 The brief answer, is, of course, yes. Tab mix plus also
incorporates a session saver that offers to restore all the tabs and
windows of your last/crashed/last but one/etc. session. Here's the
homepage: http://tmp.garyr.net/




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