I upgraded 98 to IE6

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:49:45 -0800 (PST), lb
wrote:


wrote:
I have used Win98 since it first came on the market. Years ago, when
they first came out with IE6, I installed it and my system got really
unstable. I finally formatted and reinstalled Win98se. Ever since I
have never upgraded IE beyond 5.5. I have had many people tell me
that IE6 has now been repaired, so I just finally installed it again.
I must say it's working flawlessly, at least so far. At the same time
I dont see anything different from ver5.5. Anyhow, it now says I have
Version 6.0.2800.1106 (why so many numbers?). I am trying to find out
two things.
1. Is this the last version, or is there an upgrade (where to get it
if needed?).

2. One feature about IE I have always hated is that it always opens a
new page ON TOP of the page I was reading. In other words, if I am
reading a page about dogs, and click on a link about cats, the cats
page buries the dog page. In other words I want the NEW page to open
in the BACKGROUND. I can do this with both Firefox and Opera (I have
both installed). I know this was not possible with IE 5.5, and it was
always my biggest complaint about IE, but I would have thought IE 6
fixed this (or at least has a setting to change the way a new page
opens). I am not finding any setting for this, in fact I dont notice
any changes from 5.5. Is there some setting, trick, tweak, or other
way to change this? I am on dialup, and I want pages to load in the
background so I can continue reading the page I have, not staring at a
blank page until it loads.

Yes, I know someone will ask...... I use Firefox much of the time,
Opera occasionally, but for example, when I read news sites (like
CNN), Firefox can not load Media Player videos, so I am always having
to use IE anyhow. I find myself using IE more than the others lately.
None of the browsers seem to do everything, so I struggle between
them. IE also opens much faster than Firefox, so I keep it set as
default.

Can anyone help on these two questions.

Thanks

Ctrl N opens a new browser window where you can go to you next site.
Your current browser wndow will be minimized. You can then click on
the old window you were using and it will be maximized while the new
site is being loaded in the background.
RL

Thank You and everyone that replied. I know I can use keys or my
mouse to minimise new (or old) windows in IE, but I often open 4 or
more windows. For example, I do a google search for something, then
as I read down the list I open 4 or 5 pages from the list in another
window. I dont want to have to keep minimizing all of them. That's
just too much screwing around. I want to set IE to ALWAYS OPEN A NEW
PAGE IN THE BACKGROUND. Firefox has that option, as well as Opera.
Why did IE miss this feature? It really irritates me to have new
pages opening on TOP, when I am not done reading the older page.
Being on dialup, I click on links to open while I keep reading what
I'm doing. Worse yet are when popups start and open on TOP and I
totally lose track of what page I was even reading. (yes I do have a
popup blocker, but sometimes I have to turn it off to get desirable
page links). If I expected any improvement when I installed IE6, it
would have been a setting to ALWAYS OPEN NEW PAGES IN THE BACKGROUND.
How many years does it take MS to add a simple option like this?

Are there any addons that will perform this task in IE? I do not mean
complete front ends, just simply to perform this one task? Even the
tweak programs lack this...

Thanks

Why not use FF? There are so many extensions that make it so
customizable I can't imagine why anyone would use an old version of IE,
except in cases where pages render so poorly in non-IE browsers as to be
unusable.

wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:49:45 -0800 (PST), lb
wrote:



wrote:
I have used Win98 since it first came on the market. Years ago,
when they first came out with IE6, I installed it and my system
got really unstable. I finally formatted and reinstalled
Win98se. Ever since I have never upgraded IE beyond 5.5. I have
had many people tell me that IE6 has now been repaired, so I just
finally installed it again. I must say it's working flawlessly,
at least so far. At the same time I dont see anything different
from ver5.5. Anyhow, it now says I have Version 6.0.2800.1106
(why so many numbers?). I am trying to find out two things.
1. Is this the last version, or is there an upgrade (where to get
it if needed?).

2. One feature about IE I have always hated is that it always
opens a new page ON TOP of the page I was reading. In other
words, if I am reading a page about dogs, and click on a link
about cats, the cats page buries the dog page. In other words I
want the NEW page to open in the BACKGROUND. I can do this with
both Firefox and Opera (I have both installed). I know this was
not possible with IE 5.5, and it was always my biggest complaint
about IE, but I would have thought IE 6 fixed this (or at least
has a setting to change the way a new page opens). I am not
finding any setting for this, in fact I dont notice any changes
from 5.5. Is there some setting, trick, tweak, or other way to
change this? I am on dialup, and I want pages to load in the
background so I can continue reading the page I have, not staring
at a blank page until it loads.

Yes, I know someone will ask...... I use Firefox much of the
time, Opera occasionally, but for example, when I read news sites
(like CNN), Firefox can not load Media Player videos, so I am
always having to use IE anyhow. I find myself using IE more than
the others lately. None of the browsers seem to do everything, so
I struggle between them. IE also opens much faster than Firefox,
so I keep it set as default.

Can anyone help on these two questions.

Thanks


Ctrl N opens a new browser window where you can go to you next
site. Your current browser wndow will be minimized. You can then
click on the old window you were using and it will be maximized
while the new site is being loaded in the background.
RL

Thank You and everyone that replied. I know I can use keys or my
mouse to minimise new (or old) windows in IE, but I often open 4 or
more windows. For example, I do a google search for something, then
as I read down the list I open 4 or 5 pages from the list in another
window. I dont want to have to keep minimizing all of them. That's
just too much screwing around. I want to set IE to ALWAYS OPEN A
NEW PAGE IN THE BACKGROUND. Firefox has that option, as well as
Opera. Why did IE miss this feature? It really irritates me to
have new pages opening on TOP, when I am not done reading the older
page. Being on dialup, I click on links to open while I keep
reading what I'm doing. Worse yet are when popups start and open
on TOP and I totally lose track of what page I was even reading.
(yes I do have a popup blocker, but sometimes I have to turn it off
to get desirable page links). If I expected any improvement when I
installed IE6, it would have been a setting to ALWAYS OPEN NEW
PAGES IN THE BACKGROUND. How many years does it take MS to add a
simple option like this?

Are there any addons that will perform this task in IE? I do not
mean complete front ends, just simply to perform this one task?
Even the tweak programs lack this...

TweakUI from Microsoft has an option on the General tab to prevent
programs from stealing focus. I don't know if that would help in your
case or not. I still say your best bet is an IE add-on that will give
you tabs for new pages.


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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would still require
clicking on something before continuing to read the original page.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:49:45 -0800 (PST), lb
Thank You and everyone that replied. I know I can use keys or my
mouse to minimise new (or old) windows in IE, but I often open 4 or
more windows. For example, I do a google search for something, then
as I read down the list I open 4 or 5 pages from the list in another
window. I dont want to have to keep minimizing all of them. That's
just too much screwing around. I want to set IE to ALWAYS OPEN A
NEW PAGE IN THE BACKGROUND. Firefox has that option, as well as
Opera. Why did IE miss this feature? It really irritates me to
have new pages opening on TOP, when I am not done reading the older
page. Being on dialup, I click on links to open while I keep
reading what I'm doing. Worse yet are when popups start and open
on TOP and I totally lose track of what page I was even reading.
(yes I do have a popup blocker, but sometimes I have to turn it off
to get desirable page links). If I expected any improvement when I
installed IE6, it would have been a setting to ALWAYS OPEN NEW
PAGES IN THE BACKGROUND. How many years does it take MS to add a
simple option like this?

Are there any addons that will perform this task in IE? I do not
mean complete front ends, just simply to perform this one task?
Even the tweak programs lack this...

TweakUI from Microsoft has an option on the General tab to prevent
programs from stealing focus. I don't know if that would help in your
case or not. I still say your best bet is an IE add-on that will give
you tabs for new pages.


--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would still
require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks on
them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab, new
page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab (page) will
display the next in sequence.

dadiOH
______________

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:49:45 -0800 (PST), lb
Thank You and everyone that replied. I
know I can use keys or my mouse to minimise new (or old) windows
in IE, but I often open 4 or more windows. For example, I do a
google search for something, then as I read down the list I open
4 or 5 pages from the list in another window. I dont want to
have to keep minimizing all of them. That's just too much
screwing around. I want to set IE to ALWAYS OPEN A NEW PAGE IN
THE BACKGROUND. Firefox has that option, as well as Opera. Why
did IE miss this feature? It really irritates me to have new
pages opening on TOP, when I am not done reading the older page.
Being on dialup, I click on links to open while I keep reading
what I'm doing. Worse yet are when popups start and open on TOP
and I totally lose track of what page I was even reading. (yes I
do have a popup blocker, but sometimes I have to turn it off to
get desirable page links). If I expected any improvement when I
installed IE6, it would have been a setting to ALWAYS OPEN NEW
PAGES IN THE BACKGROUND. How many years does it take MS to add a
simple option like this?

Are there any addons that will perform this task in IE? I do not
mean complete front ends, just simply to perform this one task?
Even the tweak programs lack this...

TweakUI from Microsoft has an option on the General tab to prevent
programs from stealing focus. I don't know if that would help in
your case or not. I still say your best bet is an IE add-on that
will give you tabs for new pages.


--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

OK, sounds right... Do you have any links to such an add-on? A quick search
for "tabbed browsing add-on ie6" brings up an MSN add-on (YUCK!), perhaps a
couple of others that apparently don't work too well, and a lot of people
asking about it in newsgroups that are repeated ad infinitum by all those
web sites that repeat newsgroups.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would still
require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks on
them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab, new
page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab (page) will
display the next in sequence.

dadiOH
______________

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"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
OK, sounds right... Do you have any links to such an add-on? A quick
search
for "tabbed browsing add-on ie6" brings up an MSN add-on (YUCK!), perhaps
a
couple of others that apparently don't work too well, and a lot of people
asking about it in newsgroups that are repeated ad infinitum by all those
web sites that repeat newsgroups.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would still
require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks on
them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab, new
page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab (page) will
display the next in sequence.

dadiOH
______________

That's a different browser, not an IE6 add-on.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
I get good results from avant browser, tabbed

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"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
OK, sounds right... Do you have any links to such an add-on? A quick
search
for "tabbed browsing add-on ie6" brings up an MSN add-on (YUCK!), perhaps
a
couple of others that apparently don't work too well, and a lot of people
asking about it in newsgroups that are repeated ad infinitum by all those
web sites that repeat newsgroups.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would still
require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks on
them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab, new
page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab (page) will
display the next in sequence.

dadiOH
______________

I use CrazyBrowser, have for several years, like it despite the stupid
name :0
http://www.crazybrowser.com/

dadiOH

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
OK, sounds right... Do you have any links to such an add-on? A
quick search for "tabbed browsing add-on ie6" brings up an MSN
add-on (YUCK!), perhaps a couple of others that apparently don't
work too well, and a lot of people asking about it in newsgroups
that are repeated ad infinitum by all those web sites that repeat
newsgroups.


"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would
still require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks
on them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and
color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab,
new page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab
(page) will display the next in sequence.

wrote in message ...
I have used Win98 since it first came on the market. Years ago, when
they first came out with IE6, I installed it and my system got really
unstable. I finally formatted and reinstalled Win98se. Ever since I
have never upgraded IE beyond 5.5. I have had many people tell me
that IE6 has now been repaired, so I just finally installed it again.
I must say it's working flawlessly, at least so far. At the same time
I dont see anything different from ver5.5. Anyhow, it now says I have
Version 6.0.2800.1106 (why so many numbers?). I am trying to find out
two things.
1. Is this the last version, or is there an upgrade (where to get it
if needed?).

2. One feature about IE I have always hated is that it always opens a
new page ON TOP of the page I was reading. In other words, if I am
reading a page about dogs, and click on a link about cats, the cats
page buries the dog page. In other words I want the NEW page to open
in the BACKGROUND. I can do this with both Firefox and Opera (I have
both installed). I know this was not possible with IE 5.5, and it was
always my biggest complaint about IE, but I would have thought IE 6
fixed this (or at least has a setting to change the way a new page
opens). I am not finding any setting for this, in fact I dont notice
any changes from 5.5. Is there some setting, trick, tweak, or other
way to change this? I am on dialup, and I want pages to load in the
background so I can continue reading the page I have, not staring at a
blank page until it loads.

Yes, I know someone will ask...... I use Firefox much of the time,
Opera occasionally, but for example, when I read news sites (like
CNN), Firefox can not load Media Player videos, so I am always having
to use IE anyhow. I find myself using IE more than the others lately.
None of the browsers seem to do everything, so I struggle between
them. IE also opens much faster than Firefox, so I keep it set as
default.

Can anyone help on these two questions.

Thanks

RL


This program will do what you require (autosizer)
http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/

Once you`ve got it installed; set Internet Explorer
to minimised within autosizers` settings.

Now when you open a url from the webpage that you`re reading, by
right-click, and open in new window; it will be automatically
minimised to the toolbar; and leave the original webpage unaffected.

Not exactly an add-on. That's like MSN and AOL browsers. I think they're
called "shells". Major installation. But I suspect that's the ONLY way
you'll get tabbed browsing out of IE6.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
I use CrazyBrowser, have for several years, like it despite the stupid
name :0
http://www.crazybrowser.com/

dadiOH

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
OK, sounds right... Do you have any links to such an add-on? A
quick search for "tabbed browsing add-on ie6" brings up an MSN
add-on (YUCK!), perhaps a couple of others that apparently don't
work too well, and a lot of people asking about it in newsgroups
that are repeated ad infinitum by all those web sites that repeat
newsgroups.


"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
Interesting... I abhor TUI, but your suggestion sounds like a real
possibility. But "tabs" are not what the OP wants. That would
still require clicking on something before continuing to read the
original page.

Nope, they load in the background, don't "open" until user clicks
on them. Configurable as to location too (top/bottom/etc) and
color.

IOW, click on an URL while reading a page, new tab loads the
URL...continue reading original page, click another URL, still
another tab begins to load...finished with page, click on any tab,
new page is displayed. Actually, just closing the current tab
(page) will display the next in sequence.