Stupid IE question

[rjbull]

OK, OK.  Enough banging head against keyboard.

If I'm at a Web page, how do I make IE open up another window so I can go and check something on some completely unrelated Web page?  If there's a link I can right-click, I can do that then edit the address, but if there isn't?

I must be missing something obvious  <grump>

[wr975]

Eh... select File / New Window?

I'd recommend a IE frontend browser, like Slimbrowser (my favorite), Maxthon, etc... 100% IE compatibility and many new features. All of them with tabbed browsing...

[Veign]

- Hold shift and click a link will open the link in a new window
- Ctrl-N will open a new window

[mouser]

i agree with wr975 about using an improved front end.
(i use netcaptor - not free).

[Carol Haynes]

I really like Maxthon (which I only discovered recently).

There are a few useful things they have hidden from the user (such as the File > Send to desktop link in IE) which are a bit frustrating but it is a much easier to use browser.

One thing I found took some getting used to is the way new windows open in the a new tab, but not in the foreground! It took me ages to realise the page was there -  just had to click on the new tab.

The other things is that not all IE toolbars are picked up. I use Canon Easy WebPrint a lot but Maxthon doesn't see it.

[nudone]

you've probably realised by now Carol but you can have the new tabs open up above the current page you are looking at instead of underneath (in Maxthon).

it's the kind of program you need to play around with pretty much every option in the config to get the most use out of.

i know it took me a while to finally get the settings just how i like them.

[rjbull]

Eh... select File / New Window?

I'd recommend a IE frontend browser, like Slimbrowser (my favorite), Maxthon, etc... 100% IE compatibility and many new features. All of them with tabbed browsing...

-wr975 (September 29, 2005, 11:58 AM)

There isn't a New Window entry under the File menu...  This is IE 5.  On this computer I'm in a corporate environment and can't change it.  I installed Firefox, and that can't even find an Internet connection because it all goes through the heavily "security" conscious corporate network...

[rjbull]

- Hold shift and click a link will open the link in a new window
- Ctrl-N will open a new window

-Veign (September 29, 2005, 12:12 PM)

No, Ctrl-N doesn't work either.  <sigh>

Thanks anyway...

[m_s]

I wonder if this link might be of relevance: http://support.micro...com/kb/281679/EN-US/

[wr975]

> I installed Firefox, and that can't even find an Internet connection

Check Internet Options, Connections, LAN-settings in Internet Explorer. Probably you've a proxy server configured. If yes, configure the same proxy server in Firefox.

[Carol Haynes]

you've probably realised by now Carol but you can have the new tabs open up above the current page you are looking at instead of underneath (in Maxthon).

it's the kind of program you need to play around with pretty much every option in the config to get the most use out of.

i know it took me a while to finally get the settings just how i like them.

-nudone (September 30, 2005, 03:40 AM)

I guess there is an option to do this somewhere but I haven't spent the time looking. I get really fed up with wading through pages and pages of options - I know it is nice that programs are customisable but life is too short ...

I think someone once said "there must be a better way of choosing options" .... can't imagine who

[mouser]

This is IE 5.  On this computer I'm in a corporate environment and can't change it. 

you might mention to your corporate person in charge of not letting you change it,
that running IE 5 is probably an excellent way to open your company to some security issues - i'm not sure but somehow i doubt that IE5 is very secure.

[Carol Haynes]

The word sieve springs to mind with IE 5 !!

[rjbull]

This is IE 5.  On this computer I'm in a corporate environment and can't change it. 

you might mention to your corporate person in charge of not letting you change it,
that running IE 5 is probably an excellent way to open your company to some security issues - i'm not sure but somehow i doubt that IE5 is very secure.

-mouser (September 30, 2005, 05:38 AM)

You know that, I know that - but IT are infamous for non-cooperation  

m_s, wr975 - many thanks, will check.

[rjbull]

Probably you've a proxy server configured. If yes, configure the same proxy server in Firefox.

-wr975 (September 30, 2005, 04:50 AM)

That was the one!  Many thanks!

[jpfx]

For maxthon to open new windows in the foreground, you have to click one of the icons in the status bar. I'm not using it at work but I think it might be the page with arrow icon.
There's no menu item for this that I ever found.

[Carol Haynes]

There is an option I found when I took the trouble to look.

In Tools > Maxthon Options

Select Tab -> New Tab -> Activate New Tab