MS Outlook

Hi all.
Small annoying problem.
When I click on a link in one of my MS Outlook messages it uses a web page that is already open. Can I change a setting so it opens a new page?
Cheers.

I'm using the latest Outlook and IE9.

 

It says 2007 in the 'about' section but I have been to the update site and tried updating manually from the MS website but when I run the 2010 update file it just tells me nothing was changed on this computer so I take it I am up to date.
As for Firefox, not sure.
I tried Chrome but that wont let you disable tabbed browsing so I went back to IE.

 

This does not make sense. You can't update Outlook from one version to another via Windows Updates. If you want to upgrade Outlook to a later version, you need to buy the later version and install it.

This implies you have tabbed browsing disabled in IE. Is that right? I wonder whether this is part of the problem. I can't imagine why anyone would want to disable tabs in their browser but, hey, different strokes for different folks.

I have Outlook 2007 and have Opera set as my default browser. Clicking on a link in an email in Outlook opens a new tab in Opera.

 

Plodr. Tabbed browsing is disabled, can't abide it.

usafveteran. Yeah, sorry, never thought of it as part of the office package and when I found an update I thought it would update my version, so my version is office 2007.

As you say, horses for courses, I can't figure out why anyone would want tabbed browsing.
If I click the 'close' button on a browser page all I want is for that page to close without being asked if I want to close the previous however many pages before it.
I am quite capable of choosing when I want to close each individual page without yet another pop up.
If it works for you and others then hey, great, but I don't get the reason for it.
I may have ten pages in that bunch that it is asking me about, how am I supposed to remember what is on each page without wasting my time looking?
It is the reason I uninstalled Chrome.
The arrogance of the developers and the fans on the forums is amazing.
I have no problem with people wanting to use tabbed if they wish yet those that love tabbed browsing seem to have a problem with those that don't like it.
It's not difficult to put in the option to turn it off, then Chrome would have twice as many users, check out the forums, there are lots of people with the same view as me.

Cheers.

 

Well, why do you think it was developed in the first place? And, why have all of the major browsers adopted the feature?

Obviously, the benefit of tabbed browsing is that you can have multiple web pages open in one browser window as opposed to having a separate browser window for each page. This eliminates the clutter of numerous browser icons on the taskbar. I would say this aspect of it is perhaps less signficant with Windows 7 than with previous versions of Windows due to the difference in how the taskbar displays mulitple windows of a given program with Windows 7 vs. previous versions of Windows. Still, I believe most users of Windows 7 would not want to go back to a non-tabbed browser .

OK, if you never want to save a session, like many users like to do, then go into your browser settings screen and disable that.

What popup? With a tabbed browser with multiple pages open, closing a web page is simply a matter of closing the tab containing the page. The active tab has an x to close it. Just click on the x. A tab can also be closed by right clicking on it and selecting Close, or, with most browsers, by clicking on the tab with the mouse wheel.

Several points come to mind here. For one thing, many website use a favicon. For such sites, the browser tab will display the favicon. Also, tabs in IE and Firefox show the name of the website on the tab. I use Opera a lot and I added an optional command named Window on the menu bar; if I click on it, a list of all web pages open appears and I can select from that list. So, the most efficient way to recognize open pages may vary depending on the browser being used.

And, when you say "how am I supposed to remember what is on each page without wasting my time looking?", that raises the question, how do you do it without tabs, i.e. by having a separate browser window open for each website? How do you know which websites are represented by each browser icon on your taskbar without looking? You can't, you still have to look.

 

Yes you can, by using IE9 tabbed browsing settings as in pic

 

Earthling.
Well done you, that works just fine n dandy.
I think that was what plodr was pointing out as well but I didn't realise that tabbed browsing could be enabled and still use it how I want it
Many thanks to both of you

usafveteran.
I guess they developed it so that those that want it can use it.
The savvy developers allowed those that don't want it to change the settings as Earthling has kindly pointed out.
It's called choice and everyone should have one. The Chrome way is called dictatorship, which i'm not a fan of!