[thelist] [maybe OT] mozilla question

[Bill Mason]

At 07:17 PM 08/13/2002, Paul Cowan wrote:
>One question, the answer which is probably enormously obvious, but it
>has me stumped. How can I make links executed externally (e.g. clicking
>links in Outlook, or entering them in Start -> Run), open in new windows
>(or tabs).
>
>In other words, don't reuse the same window: start a new one. The IE
>equivalent is "Internet Options -> Advanced -> Browsing -> Reuse windows
>for launching shortcuts", but buggered if I can find it mozilla.

There is no control in the UI for that.  It actually used to work that way
automatically, then suddenly shortly after the 1.1 alpha milestone, it
started working the other way for no clear reason.  What to do about it
(and some workarounds to get it working the way you might want) is
discussed in this Bugzilla bug:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155402

Bill Mason
Accessible Internet
evolt at accessibleinter.net
http://www.accessibleinter.net/