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MiniReview of Linkman URL Organizer and Search Tool
Outertech Support:
One other user reported this problem, but after a quick look it could be proved to be a firefox issue.
At first check if firefox is configured to launch external links into new tabs.
about:config
search for open_external
browser.link.open_external should be set to 1
if it's set to 1, then go to start menu and type:
http://www.google.com
Firefox should launch Google in the existing tab. If it opens a new tab then there is some problem with Firefox on your system (maybe an addon?).
A clean install of Windows 7 and Firefox 3.6.3 or 3.6.4 does not open a new tab with browser.link.open_external set to 1.
superboyac:
<b>Firefox can now be configured to launch links into existing tabs.</b> (Tools | Settings | Launch URLs)
-Outertech Support (March 08, 2010, 11:35 PM)
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I can't get this to work... I've got this setting in Linkman Lite 7.9.0.30 but launching URLs always opens a new tab in Firefox (3.6.3). Is there some special setting in Firefox I need to change? I've tried several options in the about:config configuration (the ones you get when searching for 'browser.link') but to no avail. Any help much appreciated!
-TucknDar (April 23, 2010, 02:19 AM)
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That user would be me! Yes, I still haven't fixed this on my home computer. It was working fine until I had to do a clean reinstall of Firefox. Now I can't get it to work. Maybe I'll try rebooting also, since I haven't rebooted in a month or so.
TucknDar:
Hmmm... not sure I'm understanding this correctly. I was under the impression that Linkman could launch URLs in existing tab even if other external links launches in new tabs, which is what I would like. I remember Opere worked like this with Linkman. I already had this working when all external links would open in existing tab, but I'd rather not keep doing that, only for Linkman.
Did I misunderstand something?
superboyac:
Hmmm... not sure I'm understanding this correctly. I was under the impression that Linkman could launch URLs in existing tab even if other external links launches in new tabs, which is what I would like. I remember Opere worked like this with Linkman. I already had this working when all external links would open in existing tab, but I'd rather not keep doing that, only for Linkman.
Did I misunderstand something?
-TucknDar (April 23, 2010, 01:19 PM)
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Actually, that's a good question. Outertech will need to answer that. Can FF be setup so other applications open in a new tab, but Linkman opens in an existing one?
TucknDar:
That user would be me! Yes, I still haven't fixed this on my home computer. It was working fine until I had to do a clean reinstall of Firefox. Now I can't get it to work. Maybe I'll try rebooting also, since I haven't rebooted in a month or so.
-superboyac (April 23, 2010, 01:08 PM)
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You might want to look at browser.link.open_newwindow in about:config
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