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Sorry to be dumb enuf to ask, but what is tabbed browsing and how
does it work/do I do it? Thanks.

Hey, to celebrate the turkey I uninstalled Netscape 7.1

Brad

avalanche wrote:
> Sorry to be dumb enuf to ask, but what is tabbed browsing and how
> does it work/do I do it? Thanks.
>
> Hey, to celebrate the turkey I uninstalled Netscape 7.1

Hi!

Tabbed browsing allows you to open several web pages at once in a single
browser window (rather than having a bunch of browser windows floating
around, one for each page). The pages will be represented by a row of
tabs on the screen, and you can switch between open pages by clicking
the tabs.

My favorite use for this is if I see a whole bunch of links on a page I
want to look at. I can immediately open them all in tabs, and can
continue to read the original page while I'm waiting for all those tabs
to finish loading. Then by the time I'm finished reading the original
page, most of the tabs are finished loading, so I can then switch to
those and see them right away. It's a lot faster than clicking one
link, waiting for it to load, and then going back and choosing another
link, and waiting for it to load, etc.

You can open a link in a new tab by right-clicking it and choosing "Open
link in new tab." Depending on your settings, you may be able to open
tabs by simply pressing the middle mouse button on a link, if you have
one (for mice with wheels, you can usually press the wheel down for a
middle-click).

If you look around in the preferences (Tools menu > Options for Firefox
on Windows, or Edit > Preferences for Mozilla, and Firefox on Linux),
you should be able to find some options for tabbed browsing, such as
having new tabs load in the background (instead of the browser showing
them right away when you open them).

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Travis
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Travis Evans is about to speak:

>My favorite use for this is if I see a whole bunch of links on a page I
>want to look at. I can immediately open them all in tabs,

How is this done? I know how to open a single link in a tab but how do
I open all of them at once?


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> Eenie Meenie Chili Beanie
> Travis Evans is about to speak:
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>>My favorite use for this is if I see a whole bunch of links on a page I
>>want to look at. I can immediately open them all in tabs,
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> How is this done? I know how to open a single link in a tab but how do
> I open all of them at once?
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> Captain Infinity

Middle click on all the links to open them in new tabs. Using Tabbed
Browser Extensions, I set the tabs to open in the background.

Lee

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>Captain Infinity wrote:
>> Eenie Meenie Chili Beanie
>> Travis Evans is about to speak:
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>>>My favorite use for this is if I see a whole bunch of links on a page I
>>>want to look at. I can immediately open them all in tabs,
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>> How is this done? I know how to open a single link in a tab but how do
>> I open all of them at once?
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>> Captain Infinity
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>Middle click on all the links to open them in new tabs.

Ah. Is there a keyboard shortcut? I'm using a notebook and have no
"middle click".


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Captain Infinity wrote:
> Eenie Meenie Chili Beanie
> Leonidas Jones is about to speak:
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>>Middle click on all the links to open them in new tabs.
>
> Ah. Is there a keyboard shortcut? I'm using a notebook and have no
> "middle click".

If you hold the Ctrl key down while left-clicking a link, it should open
in a new tab. Or, right click the link and choose "Open in new tab" from
the menu.

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Travis
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Captain Infinity wrote:
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> How is this done? I know how to open a single link in a tab but how do
> I open all of them at once?

There are some extensions that you can use to do this. The Extension
Room has a list of extensions:
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/

One you might try is Linky. It allows you to open all links on a page in
new tabs, or all selected (highlighted) links in new tabs.
http://gemal.dk/mozilla/linky.html

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Travis Evans is about to speak:

>One you might try is Linky. It allows you to open all links on a page in
>new tabs, or all selected (highlighted) links in new tabs.
>http://gemal.dk/mozilla/linky.html

This one works great, thanks.


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On 2004-11-28, Captain Infinity <> wrote:
> Eenie Meenie Chili Beanie
> Leonidas Jones is about to speak:
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>>Middle click on all the links to open them in new tabs.

> Ah. Is there a keyboard shortcut? I'm using a notebook and have no
> "middle click".

[CTRL-T] will open a new, empty tab.

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>On 2004-11-28, Captain Infinity <> wrote:
>> Eenie Meenie Chili Beanie
>> Leonidas Jones is about to speak:
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>>>Middle click on all the links to open them in new tabs.
>
>> Ah. Is there a keyboard shortcut? I'm using a notebook and have no
>> "middle click".
>
>[CTRL-T] will open a new, empty tab.

Sigh, yes, thank you. I was looking for a way to open multiple links
from a single page into multiple tabs, all at once. Travis Evans
suggested the Linky extension, and that's doing a perfect job.

Thanks again.


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