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Title: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 08:50:03 AM
At home, when I open a new tab, it opens behind the current tab.  I like it that way.

At work, when I open a new tab, it opens on top of the current tab, becoming the new current tab.  I don't like that.

I can't find where to set that in the options.  Anyone know where it is?
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 09:00:15 AM
Are you talking about open a new tab from a link, or just open a new tab?

Options, Advanced, Tabbed Browsing.  See "Select new ..."
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 09:05:37 AM
From a link.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
The above should do it for ya.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 10:52:11 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 08:50:03 AM
At home, when I open a new tab, it opens behind the current tab.  I like it that way.

At work, when I open a new tab, it opens on top of the current tab, becoming the new current tab.  I don't like that.

I can't find where to set that in the options.  Anyone know where it is?

go to the command prompt and type format c: /u

that should fix EVERYTHING with that pc.


and no dont do it.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: ReBurn on November 08, 2005, 10:54:01 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 10:52:11 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 08:50:03 AM
At home, when I open a new tab, it opens behind the current tab.  I like it that way.

At work, when I open a new tab, it opens on top of the current tab, becoming the new current tab.  I don't like that.

I can't find where to set that in the options.  Anyone know where it is?

go to the command prompt and type format c: /u

that should fix EVERYTHING with that pc.


and no dont do it.

format won't fix it like fdisk will.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 11:01:27 AM
Quote from: Randolph Scott on November 08, 2005, 10:54:01 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 10:52:11 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 08:50:03 AM
At home, when I open a new tab, it opens behind the current tab.  I like it that way.

At work, when I open a new tab, it opens on top of the current tab, becoming the new current tab.  I don't like that.

I can't find where to set that in the options.  Anyone know where it is?

go to the command prompt and type format c: /u

that should fix EVERYTHING with that pc.


and no dont do it.

format won't fix it like fdisk will.
true, but she needs to feel as if shes in control and not just totally F***ed.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
actually fdisk would be much easier to fix
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: ReBurn on November 08, 2005, 11:09:00 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
actually fdisk would be much easier to fix
only if you didn't delete the partitions.  You have to know that you are supposed to delete the partitions, too.  And create a new one.  Yeah, just pretend that I said all that, too.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:17:29 AM
Quote from: Randolph Scott on November 08, 2005, 11:09:00 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
actually fdisk would be much easier to fix
only if you didn't delete the partitions.  You have to know that you are supposed to delete the partitions, too.  And create a new one.  Yeah, just pretend that I said all that, too.

no, if someone blew away the partition and even if they made a new one but didn't write to it, it would be fairly easy to fix.

if you delete a partition, then make a new one starting at the same position on disk and at the same size, everything will still be there.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:17:45 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
The above should do it for ya.

I don't really see what you're talking about.  Screenshot?  Please?
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 11:21:00 AM
Quote from: Randolph Scott on November 08, 2005, 11:09:00 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
actually fdisk would be much easier to fix
only if you didn't delete the partitions.  You have to know that you are supposed to delete the partitions, too.  And create a new one.  Yeah, just pretend that I said all that, too.

*nods visciously*
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:21:37 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:17:45 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 10:45:45 AM
The above should do it for ya.

I don't really see what you're talking about.  Screenshot?  Please?

i've got a development version of firefox here :( hold on let me run it on a pc from home.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:25:53 AM
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Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:31:04 AM
Mine's different from yours. 

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Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:32:36 AM
ah you've installed the Tabbrowsing Preferences extension. hold on.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:33:53 AM
Here's what's in the tabbed browsing part
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:34:15 AM
Or not


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Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:34:33 AM
Go to the Tab Browsing secton, and look for "Tab Focus" at the bottom. expand it.  "Select new tabs created by links"  uncheck
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:35:33 AM
That did it!  Thanks, you're the best!
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:37:28 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 08, 2005, 11:21:00 AM
Quote from: Randolph Scott on November 08, 2005, 11:09:00 AM
Quote from: hattmoward on November 08, 2005, 11:04:22 AM
actually fdisk would be much easier to fix
only if you didn't delete the partitions.  You have to know that you are supposed to delete the partitions, too.  And create a new one.  Yeah, just pretend that I said all that, too.

*nods visciously*


The partition table just stores pointers indicating the start and end of each partition.  you can do whatever you want with it, but if you don't touch the data that was on the rest of the disk, it's relatively trivial to fix.  scan the disk, find the beginning and end of the previously-defined partitions based on known structures from the filesystems, and recreate the partition table as it was.
Title: Re: Firefox question
Post by: meredith on November 08, 2005, 11:38:00 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 08, 2005, 11:35:33 AM
That did it!  Thanks, you're the best!

np.  I need to get a hold of the developer of that extension. that's one confusing-ass preferences page.