I have been annoyed for years using Windows XP. When I am on the net with a page open, if I click on a link, the next page does not open up all the way to fit my monitor. I then have to size it up with another click. Can I tell the computer to change this so that the new page opens up all of the way in the first place?
Hmmm... methinks that is not a function of the operating system (Windows), but of the web browser, Internet Explorer or Firefox or whatever you're using. Try help in your browser; maybe you can find an answer there. I use Firefox, and for me it doesn't always do that.
I am using Interner Explorer. I think Windows started doing that after Windows 98. It had something to do with security so that websites would not know your browser settings.
You may have a specific setting to open the pages in a different window, or another internet-deplorer-y.
Install Firefox, let the default (open a new page from a different site in a new tab), enjoy.
You don't need two browsers, agreed. But it is nice to have one great browser, and Firefox is it. It's faster, safer, more customizable, safer, faster . . . you get the idea.
An applications security firm called Cenzic, published an analysis of browser security last month. The results were surprising. Opera came in first, IE came in second, and Firefox was last. You can find the report at http://www.cenzic.com/downloads/Cenzic_AppSecTrends_Q1-Q2-2009.pdf if you are interested.
DanBrown wrote:
An applications security firm called Cenzic, published an analysis of browser security last month. The results were surprising. Opera came in first, IE came in second, and Firefox was last.
This report is criticized on the Net, see this for instance.
Not mentioning Firefox speed, standards compatibility, ease of use, add-ons etc...
Also, the latest version 3.5 (released after the survey) brought of a lot of (good) changes to Firefox.
I notice that with multiple tabs open, when I close a tab, it takes awhile to close and I sit there waiting unable to do anything until it closes. IExplorer.
+1 for Firefox. My only problem with it is that first thing in the morning it's slow to load. Thereafter throughout the day it performs with no difficulty at all.
Firefox?
RAM utilisation through the roof, just as CPU, horribly slow, kills network connection, doesn't stop pop-ups, image load locks up the process, scripts "focus steal" the input boxes, history SQL engine dead slow and cumbersome, flash hogs cpu....
