technical-type IE question

[April]

We very recently upgraded IE from 5.0 to 6.0. Now it's annoying the fuck out of my husband. LOL He has the habit of opening multiple windows which was never a problem before. With 6, though, every window pushes itself to the forefront, practically screaming for attention. Is there any way to turn this very annoying feature off? I told him to just live with it because I'm a bitch that way.

He says that it irks him very much to be looking at one window, and another one pops into the front, forcing him to lose his place and click wildly to get back to where he was.

 

[April]

*bump* because I really do need some help with this.

 

[Susano]

Sorry, the only advice I could give you is to bump it back up when somebody like Draco's online.

 

[floridaguy64]

look on the brite side...........

*bump* because I really do need some help with this.

I unwittingly turned that feature off in IE 6 and now I can't view any link that pops up as a new page................. IE6 sucks! All I get new are blank pages that never load.

 

[Daddyslilpet]

My hubby runs popup stopper on his system because he hates the popup windows. This stops unwanted windows from opening without warning. I'm not sure where to get it, but someone who does know should be along before long....

 

[phrodeau]

A solution? There ought to be one, but it'll depend on what OS you're running.

One plan might be to make each window small. Microsoft Windows has a "Tile" option for displaying several windows at the same time. They also have the "Cascade" option, which would keep every header visible.

I'm not positive it's the case for IE6, but usually once you resize a window, every subsequent window opened will retain that size.

 

[Susano]

A solution? There ought to be one, but it'll depend on what OS you're running.

One plan might be to make each window small. Microsoft Windows has a "Tile" option for displaying several windows at the same time. They also have the "Cascade" option, which would keep every header visible.

I'm not positive it's the case for IE6, but usually once you resize a window, every subsequent window opened will retain that size.

Er, the way I'm reading the problem, it's not the new windows themselves, or managing them once they open, but just the annoying fact that IE changes the focus from the current window to the new one 2-3 times, every time a page loads in the background.

 

[Susano]

Actually, I guess I could give you my solution to the problem, although you probably won't want to implement it: I got Enigma (http://www.suttondesigns.com/enigmabrowser). It's small, fast, and it's free, unlike Opera.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Two solutions:

Http://www.opera.com/
Http://www.mozilla.org/

 

[RTWudder]

From your question it is difficult to determine if you are talking about pop-up windows that are sent to you as junk mail while surfing or if you are talking about opening another program or file at the same time that IE is running.

IE 6 and some internet providers have settings that control pop-ups, although none do it well. Most of the pop-up control programs are more trouble than they are worth and are difficult to uninstall completely.

If you are running multiple files and want each one to be in a separate window or to operate behind a file or program that is currently runiing, your settings in Control Panel/Display (Windows 2000) will allow you to choose how your screen viewing will operate.

If you will clarify the question perhaps I can give you more of an answer.

 

[mig]

Don't know the answer to your problem,but IE6 wouldn't run my Broadband connection and I had to revert to IE5.5.

 

[April]

he annoying fact that IE changes the focus from the current window to the new one 2-3 times, every time a page loads in the background.

Yes, exactly!! Sorry, I'm not very good at describing problems that I don't have. *sigh* I use Netscape, hubby uses IE. I only have that problem when I'm in hotmail. Anyway. It's driving hubby to distraction.

Opera and mozilla are not an option, as he needs IE for some sites he goes to. But can anyone tell me how to turn the above mentioned feature off?

 

[April]

No. I refuse to be bumped to the second page while I'm still awake.

 

[fgarvb1]

Well, april i don't know because i used my go back program to get rid of ie 6.0 and windows me because it was driving me crazy and my wife said she was going to throw this computer out into the yard if i did not get rid of it (after two days)

If i was you i would uninstall 6.0 and reinstall IE 5.5.

I know its a bitch and takes a while but, i have no regrets.

 

[SweetCherry]

Bump

 

[miles]

Before uninstalling anything

Go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base at microsoft.com. There may be a simple solution.

 

[u2slow13]

sorry but there does not appear to be a simple solution for 6.0 other than to back up to, well you know, a much friendlier place.

 

[fgarvb1]

April i'm not sure about this but, i think i read a in thread where if one went to unstall IE 6.0, IE will revert to your last IE version.

I would try a search first, both on LIT. and the internet because i may have dreamed this.

 

[fgarvb1]

April take a look at this.

http://www.computing.Net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/119015.html

I would do search on this site.