open windows in new tabs (Firefox)

[NoOp]

On 09/18/2007 06:24 PM, Matt Morgan wrote:
> On 9/18/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 09/18/2007 04:37 PM, Matt Morgan wrote:
>> > Since switching to Ubuntu (from Fedora), I've found that Firefox is a
>> > lot more likely not to follow my instruction to "Open Windows in new
>> > Tabs." I get a lot of new windows opening.
>> >
>> > I pretty much never want a new window to open. I want things in tabs.
>> > How can I make that happen?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Matt
>> >
>>
>> Yes. Edit|Preferences|Tabs|New Pages..| check "New Tab"
>> Then; "when I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately"
>>
>> Then again it depends upon which version of FF you are running, but the
>> concept is the same.
> 
> I think "Switch to it immediately" does not govern whether the link
> opens in a tab, but rather whether that new tab loads in the
> background or not. I prefer not to switch to the new tab immediately,
> but rather for it to load in the background.
> 
> The problem I am having is that, even though I have selected
> 
> Edit|Preferences|Tabs|New Pages..| check "New Tab"
> 
> new pages open in new windows, sometimes.
> 
> This is FF 2.0.0.6, installed & updated via apt-get.
> 

OK fine. But I have FF 2.0.0.6 and those are my settings and everything
opens in Tabs. You might try the FireFox support group it that doesn't
do what you want:

http://www.mozilla.org/support/

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