Re: Tabbed browsing in IE6 really sucks
- From: Fuzzy Logic <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:48:08 -0700
"=?Utf-8?B?Sm9lIEJsb2dncw==?=" <Joe Bloggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in news:3C43BDD2-4459-4354-BD8A-8C7D54863D6A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> I just had an IE6 browser crash because I switched to a new tab. The
> browser just disappeared but Ctrl-Alt-Del showed that the 4 sessions
> running under my 4 tabs were still there. Trying to switch tasks to
> activate any of the 4 sessions didn't work - I had to kill the
> processes.
>
> This is just one of other problems including orphaned explorer windows
> that have no Minimize or Maximiize/Restore buttons in the top right
> corner (only a non-functional red "X" button).
>
> Usability is also very poor. Whenever I switch to a new tab, my Windows
> task bar is re-order so that this browser task is now the most recently
> opened one (last in the list) which means as a user I cannot keep a
> simple visual cue as to where my running tasks are ( I lose my sequence
> of opening the windows). TO illustrate further, let's say I open a
> browser and start several sessions in several tabs. Then, I open another
> browser and several applications. Normally, when I see my Windows task
> bar, I will see the buttons in order:
>
> IE6 (multiple sessions in tabs)
> IE6
> App1
> App2
>
> As soon as I swithc tabs on my first IE6 session, the task buttons are
> re-arranged so that they are in order:
>
> IE6
> App1
> App2
> IE6 (multiple sessions in tabs)
>
> Firefox did their implementation MUCH better!
Take a look at Avant Browser. It's a tabbed shell for IE and only about 1MB
in size. It's free and has lots of great features <www.avantbrowser.com>
.
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