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Title: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: eggedd2k on July 13, 2005, 11:10:47 am
on all the other forums i use when you click on a thread to view it the thread opens in a new window - rather than in the existing window.  i think this would be an improvement to this forum.
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: SirPoonga on July 13, 2005, 11:51:11 am
To me that would be annoying and I have never seen that on a forum .

Depending on the browser you use...
IE: Hold shift when you click on the thread
Firefox: assuming you have middle mouse button set to open link in new tab just use middle mouse button.  Also set it up to load them in the background, IE not take focus when they open.  I do this, I queue up several threads I want to read by having them load in a new tab.
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: sirwoogie on July 13, 2005, 01:37:18 pm
I second SirP on this one. I personally think it's annoying when sites send this to "_new" instead of the current screen/tab/frame. Many of the forums that used to do this are now going back to "_self" again because of that annoyance. If you must have this, I suggest the browser shortcuts that SirP has suggested (all browsers have this option in a dropdown when you right-click on the link).
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: richms on July 15, 2005, 12:58:53 am
Wouldnt affect me because I just open every thread with new posts on a new tab by middle clicking, and then walk away for 5 mins while it does its thing, when I come back I have several threads to read, closing each tab as read.
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: AmericanDemon on July 15, 2005, 12:36:28 pm
Wouldnt affect me because I just open every thread with new posts on a new tab by middle clicking, and then walk away for 5 mins while it does its thing, when I come back I have several threads to read, closing each tab as read.

Same here.  I open threads in a separate tab.  So I have a browsing window for forums and the tabs are separate articles I read.
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: SirPoonga on July 15, 2005, 01:33:24 pm
Wouldnt affect me because I just open every thread with new posts on a new tab by middle clicking, and then walk away for 5 mins while it does its thing, when I come back I have several threads to read, closing each tab as read.

Modem???
Title: Re: Clicking on a thread should open in a new window
Post by: eggedd2k on July 18, 2005, 04:28:28 pm
actually didnt realise pressing shift did it. spot on ;)