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When posting links....

#1 Postby CajunMama » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:38 am

Many of you may find that when you click on a link, you're redirected to the new page in the same window. Then when you close it, you find yourself having to reopen S2k. To solve that, when posting a link, use the "post reply" button to enter your info instead of replying in the quick reply box. Then when after pasting your link, hilite it and click the "URL" button. That will direct your link to a new window when someone clicks on it. It would really, really help some of us out. Thanks! :D
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#2 Postby O Town » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:24 pm

Thank you for sticking this. It drives me batty. I have just tried to get in the habit of right clicking the link and opening it in a new window because half the people use the tags and the other half don't. Hopefully it will catch on..... :D
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Re: When posting links....

#3 Postby M_0331 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks for the insight; this link issue sure was causing me a lot of problems :double: .
Eddie :D
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#4 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:45 pm

I am in the habbit of just right clicking every link I come across on every site.. If you right click the link you can then select "open in new window" or "open in new tab"
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Re: When posting links....

#5 Postby P.K. » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:47 pm

Or even easier just click the link you want to open in a new tab with the scroll wheel on your mouse.
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Re: When posting links....

#6 Postby Recurve » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:30 pm

Or, one more tip (for internet explorer), hold Shift when you click the link to always open in a new window (IE).

But really, better that everyone does what CajunMama says. :wink:
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Re: When posting links....

#7 Postby O Town » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:26 pm

P.K. wrote:Or even easier just click the link you want to open in a new tab with the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Huh? You can set your mouse to do different things when you click it, mine doesn't do that and probably alot of others doesn't either. Mine is set to do the super scroll when clicked.
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Re: When posting links....

#8 Postby P.K. » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:32 pm

Well I've not changed any settings so that must be the default in FF (And has been for the 2 years + I've been using it).
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Re: When posting links....

#9 Postby gerrit » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:01 pm

P.K. wrote:Well I've not changed any settings so that must be the default in FF (And has been for the 2 years + I've been using it).

Also works in Opera and IE 7 :)
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#10 Postby abajan » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:33 pm

FWIW, I believe W3C (the WorldWide Web Consortium) states somewhere that all links should open in the same window.

That's why the "target" attribute was deprecated in XHTML 1.0 and beyond.
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Re: When posting links....

#11 Postby kpost » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:00 am

had to comment here. the scroll wheel by default will fast scroll when on a page but when on a link will open in a new tab works in firefox, IE, and opera. the stupid touch pad on the lap top is a different story though.
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Re: When posting links....

#12 Postby Shoshana » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:36 pm

O Town wrote:
P.K. wrote:Or even easier just click the link you want to open in a new tab with the scroll wheel on your mouse.

Huh? You can set your mouse to do different things when you click it, mine doesn't do that and probably alot of others doesn't either. Mine is set to do the super scroll when clicked.


Having gone from a Microsoft mouse to a Logitec mouse - clicking the scroll wheel works on MS mice, not on Logitec mouse. I do miss it, but I rightclick now.

And a request- snip out non relevant stuff when you quote especially graphics/pics if you can - page will load faster and it won't take up so much room. Besides - the quote thing only works a few layers deep which is why some posts during the thick of things in the Ike threads looked weird.

I actually went into my profile and turned off all pictures including avatars when the board started bogging down during Ike. It made the board much faster - and we have a very fast connection. I could still click on individual pics if I wanted to see them, but didn't have to see the same thing 16 times in replies...
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