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incompatibility with IE 7 Final by samardjiev on 10-27-2006 at 12:51 AM

When click any link, mail icon or advertisement opens new window, not new tab. My settings in IE are to open new tab from other programs, but Live Messenger do not do this, any solution? Thanks!

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Meksilon on 10-27-2006 at 05:49 AM

Use Maxthon. I too have IE7 installed, but I use Maxthon for my all my browsing, it's much better.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by samardjiev on 10-27-2006 at 06:12 AM

no way :-)

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Nagamasa on 10-27-2006 at 12:58 PM

Ironically, Firefox does the exact opposite! I selected open in a new window, and everything still opens in tabs.

I have no clue why no one has discovered that yet.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Menthix on 10-27-2006 at 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
I selected open in a new window, and everything still opens in tabs.

I have no clue why no one has discovered that yet.

Because nobody want new windows when you have a tabbed browser?

EDIT: Just tested open in new window in FF 2.0 Final, and it works fine for me.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Nagamasa on 10-27-2006 at 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by MenthiX

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
I selected open in a new window, and everything still opens in tabs.

I have no clue why no one has discovered that yet.
Because nobody want new windows when you have a tabbed browser?

I used to want to use new windows because I would be able to switch windows with Alt+Tab, but I discovered more pros for tabbed browsing.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Menthix on 10-27-2006 at 04:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
switch windows with Alt+Tab

Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Nagamasa on 10-27-2006 at 04:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MenthiX

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
switch windows with Alt+Tab
Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs

Ahh. I feel so stupid and unlucky this week. Did so bad on my playing test that my teacher wont even show me my mark...

RE: RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Meksilon on 10-28-2006 at 12:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MenthiX

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
switch windows with Alt+Tab
Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs

That's right and it works in Maxthon too - in fact I have my "tabs" set up so they look very similar to the task-bar buttons.. it feels more natural. And IE 7 doesn't allow you to hide the search bar? I mean really, WTF? http://plamdi.com/portal.htm - my homepage looks like that (with only the forms) - why on earth would I need a search bar next to the url bar??!

RE: RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by RaceProUK on 10-31-2006 at 10:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
Ironically, Firefox does the exact opposite! I selected open in a new window, and everything still opens in tabs.

I have no clue why no one has discovered that yet.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by samardjiev on 10-31-2006 at 10:59 PM

hey, what about my IE7

RE: RE: RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Nagamasa on 10-31-2006 at 11:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RaceProUK

quote:
Originally posted by NagamasaAzai
Ironically, Firefox does the exact opposite! I selected open in a new window, and everything still opens in tabs.

I have no clue why no one has discovered that yet.

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quote:
Originally posted by samardjiev
hey, what about my IE7

Also a buggy. Nothing (I dont think) on WLM or Y!M opens on an existing window.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by Terry_K on 11-01-2006 at 05:29 AM

It's just the way Windows Live Messenger works. It is designed to specifically open a new Internet Explorer window no matter what your defaults are. As you probably remember, WLM 8 was released when IE6 was around (which didn't have tabs) so it didn't matter back then.

You can probably bypass this issue if you use StuffPlug but there is no version for 8.0 or 8.1 yet. Check out www.stuffplug.com and see if it has been released.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by RaceProUK on 11-01-2006 at 07:01 PM

What's more, WLM doesn't use any normal method to open the browser. It bypasses the usual ways like ShellExecute() (which opens in the default browser) and runs IE directly.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by vaccination on 11-01-2006 at 07:46 PM

If someone sends you a link in WLM in a conversation it will open the link in your default browser. I thought it was only the E-mail button which opened in IE no matter what.

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by pasheeni on 11-02-2006 at 04:28 AM

yea...well looks like stuff plug isn;t going to be out any time soon so unless sumone comes up wit a script for opening e-mails in the default browser( sooo hoping for that to happen)...we all will have to live with the fact that it will direct to IE.....

RE: RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by hosey on 11-02-2006 at 07:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by pasheeni
we all will have to live with the fact that it will direct to IE.....

not unless you have a email button on your laptop... i have set that email button to open windows live mail in FF n it does it everytime just go into the buttons settings n change to open that in FF or ur default browser

RE: incompatibility with IE 7 Final by xJ + on 11-02-2006 at 08:51 AM

Read this on Windows Live Messenger Newsgroup. Jonathan Kay explained (Source -» news:072DACB4-9EC3-4774-9324-FA49779C21BF@microsoft.com):

quote:
Messenger will only open the default browser for links in conversations. For all other
functions Internet Explorer will be used and it will open a new window, regardless of your
IE7 tab settings.