IE window switching quandry

[Becka]

I have MSN Explorer. I have Windows ME. I have a problem.


Here's a picture of the "about MSN Explorer" thing, so you know the version I have.

Here's my problem- whenever I'm using the internet, I often want to have multiple windows open so I can do multiple things at the same time. But whenever one window is done loading, it pops up, usually JUST as I am about to click a link, or just as I am typing something and hitting backspace in a window that's already loaded.

So often I end up clicking a link in the new window that I didn't intend to click. Or I'm typing in the first window, and I hit backspace, and when the next window comes up, I end up making the window go back. GRRRR, I HATE YOU IE!!!!!



I don't think there is anyway to change this. Either there's an option to chang it, or there isn't, but I thought I'd ask if somebody knew something about this that I didn't.

 

[starlifter]

The Screenshot you provided was great. Had the problem been more technical, it would have been a great help... but alas, I do not believe there's an easy way to accomplish what you want. I think there may be a special registry setting for bringing the active window forward, however, and will check about that later. There is no IE option to set it, that I'm aware of. My IE is a couple revisions behind yours, though, so it is remotely possible that there could have been an option added. If so, it will be a choice in the:

I do not have MS ME installed, but if you use onlline help, the thing to search for is "focus". You want the focus to stay in the active window. I am 98% sure there is a developer registry setting for this, but don't know if MS has a check box in options in ME. If you see a good candidate, just try it and see if it helps. If not, return to it an restore the original setting.

The "accessibility" section may have it... this could help handicapped people, and might be in the newest version .

Let us know if you find the setting.... you're hereby promoted to Tech Tester!

 

[Becka]

Originally posted by starlifter
I do not have MS ME installed, but if you use onlline help, the thing to search for is "focus". You want the focus to stay in the active window. I am 98% sure there is a developer registry setting for this, but don't know if MS has a check box in options in ME. If you see a good candidate, just try it and see if it helps. If not, return to it an restore the original setting.

The "accessibility" section may have it... this could help handicapped people, and might be in the newest version .

Ok, I'll try that.

Let us know if you find the setting.... you're hereby promoted to Tech Tester!

Thanks.

 

[chiefpaco]

You share the same frustrations I had with IE. I switched to Opera now and use it exclusively. It has the ability to open new windows in the background and also doesn't do that funny switching that I can relate to I experienced in IE. Also, you have the options to hold all windows in 1 frame so it is less messy.

Besides many other great features...

 

[Black Fluffy Lion]

Originally posted by chiefpaco
You share the same frustrations I had with IE. I switched to Opera now and use it exclusively. It has the ability to open new windows in the background and also doesn't do that funny switching that I can relate to I experienced in IE. Also, you have the options to hold all windows in 1 frame so it is less messy.

Besides many other great features...

I hate the way it handles multiple windows since you can't alt+tab with it but it does work nicely though to get some things to work you have to indentify yourself as IE which is really quite sad

 

[starlifter]

Opera now and use it exclusively.

Opera is a fast, clean browser which I've heard is even better nowadays. I need to DL & install the modern version....

 

[Becka]

I don't want a new browser. This is my only complaint with this one.

 

[starlifter]

I don't want a new browser. This is my only complaint with this one.

I searched several dozen registry branches, and could not find an obvious key that would affect the focus, so what I think the deal is... MS developers have lots of "back doors" which means a registry entry that will do something, but is not in by default. You need to know what key to add. And I'm 95% sure they have one for this, so I'll keep a look out if I hear of it. ( I personally don't use MS IE [for both technical reasons and other reasons], unless forced to by certain applications ) But MS IE does work OK... most of the time.... I guess.

 

[Pillager]

This happens to me sometimes, but not often, usually with Google, IIRC. I would imagine, therefore, that it is coded into some pages - a variant on <Body onload=self.focus()>

(I haven't done any coding recently, so it's a bit rusty).

I'm not saying that there is no setting, but because it happens to me only occasionally, the web page itself could be something to do with it. I'm sure someone knows for sure.

 

[Zot]

I am annoyed with the same thing. It is a problem with Windows itself, not IE.

I have started using Crazybrowser (crazybrowser.com).
It uses a tabbed windows metafore to have multiple web pages open at the same time, each in a different tab. Kind of like having multiple documents open in Word at the same time. It uses the IE engine that you already have installed. You can specify how new web page windows are opened (as last tab, and next tab). When you open a new tab, you can swith the another one will it is loading.