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More Details on IE7 Tabs
GraemeDonaldson writes "Another member of the IE dev team, Tony Schreiner, has revealed details of IE7's tabbed browsing implementation including the fact that the user will retain control over how tabs are handled." From the post: "Regarding script, there is no "target='_tab'" feature or any direct access to tabs from script beyond what is available with multiple windows today. We are working on balancing the default behavior for whether a window opened from script opens as in a new frame or a tab. Currently, windows that have been customized, such as hiding a toolbar or making the window non-resizable, will default to opening in their own standalone frame, whereas ordinary pop-up windows will open in a new foreground tab. CTRL-clicking and middle-clicking links will open those links in a background tab."
someone's been using firefox!!!
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- correct implementation of box model
- support for png alpha transparency
- full support for css2
- support for application/xhtml+xml mime type
let's worry about the back end before we do anything with the front endNot trolling here, but haven't they already lost all the people who would actually care about tabs? Anyone who wanted tabs on their web browser would be using Firefox/Opera by now.
I look forward to how Microsoft will respond to the recent challenge to their browser dominance, but anything short of Adblock for IE will keep me with Firefox. I can't believe how much nicer the Internet is with Firefox and this single extension.
What is this middle click you speak of? I've been using Safari for a while but I can't test this because I don't see any buttons to "click" on my mouse.
IIRC, didn't MS say that tabs really weren't a useful feature in browsers? It was back when SP2 was being released. People were asking many questions to MS whether SP2 would add tabbed browsing and MS said tabs weren't all that useful in browsers.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Now you can do all of this in one window:
1)Download Spyware
2)Download Adware
3)Download More Malware
4)Download your P0rn
5)Take a picture of yourself online.
My windows machine is 2000. And since microsoft no longer supports me, i dont get any new features. ( or bugs ).
This isnt a 'me' post, there are a *lot* of people and businesses that have no plans to goto XP ( or server 2003 ) in the near future.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
You have to smash it open, because it's in the middle.
This core functionality is largely catch-up to other browsers which support tabs, but a necessary foundation for future work.
Atleast they acknowledge it finally.
Okay, I'll admitt that I use IE. And I know it's full of bugs and glitches. Most of which I never see.
Since the tabs have been a function used in other web browsers for some time, the new mass deployment will give new reason to abuse users tabs by hijack-sites, hackers, and other undesirables. I know they say there are no commands to control tabs, but that doesn't mean they aren't tamper proof.
In esscence, will IE's incorporation of common features lead to bugs (or flaws) being found in other browsers.
Bacardi + slashdot = negative karma.
One of the main reasons I stay away from Windows is the extremely poor window management. Hence the reason I'm using GNOME with six virtual desktops. And I can have dozens of web pages open and still take only one spot on my bottom panel.
My point is that "tabbed browsing" is not a god-like feature. It's just something that helps with a user's window management (the ability to be able to have a bunch of web pages open at one time without making a huge mess is NOT a web browser problem, it's an entire usability issue for the whole machine).
Yes, I know there are attempts at virtual desktops in Windows, but they all suck. I've tried them. They're either too slow, don't work properly (ie, they leave the minimized windows on the task bar the entire time...I don't get how thatworks).
No Thanks. Microsoft is full of crap. They sit around and do NOTHING for the past 3-4 years (since they slaughtered Netscape). And now that finally there's competition they get off their lazy a$$es and steal other people's ideas once again.
M$ gets no respect from me.
eTrade SUCKS
I know tabs are the killer that takes users from IE, but I'd prefer they work on their rendering. Their CSS doesn't work.
We make all our sites to work in Konqueror now, and only minor tweaking is needed for Firefox and safari. Easy enough, all are so close to the standard that there is little difficulty. IE doesn't work. We have to spend three times the effort to make it work in IE without breaking the rest. (We have chosen to not detect IE and give you a different page. I'm still not sure about the wisdom of that)
Typical Microsoft though, make it look nice, who cares if it works right so long as the users don't know.
And MS still believes they are not very useful, except they can add bloat. That's why they are now needed.
What keeps me going is my inertia.
Actually, it should be like this:
On Safari and Firefox Mac:
* middle click, shift click == same as left click
* cmd-click == open link in new tab
* option-click == download link
On Firefox Win:
* ctrl-click == open link in new tab
* shift-click == download link
I just plugged in a mouse with three buttons that I haven't configured and tried.
Microsoft will patent some small thing about tabbed browsing that 100 Firefox pluings will have done for years.