TABS with IE7

[Coldicote]

Does anyone else wonder what is the benefit of the TAB system in IE7? Whenever I click 'New Tab' most things disappear from the screen, 'about:blank' shows on the address bar and a 'blank tab' is added to any other that might already be there. What's the point and how is one supposed to use it? It seems simpler to just minimise a page and restore it when wanted. Thanks for any ideas about this.

[selwonk]

The idea is to be able to leave pages open and flick between them by clicking the tab. You can also click the left hand tab with 4 boxes on it to see screen shots of open browser windows

[Kerplunk]

You can set new tabs to have your home page when you open them. As you have found out the tabs default is About:Blank.

[vehelpfulguy]

When you click on a hyperlink in IE6 it often opened in the same window and you lost the window you were looking at.

In IE7 you can right click on a hyperlink and select Open in New Tab.

This opens the new window on a new tab, and you keep the original tab you started from.

That way you can have a number of tabs open and easily go back to any of the previous ones.

[Ethel]

I have been using tabbed browsing for a long time (with firefox) and would be lost without it.

I currently have 9 tabs open, and can quickly switch between them all.

I can have several windows open too - all with different tabs.

You'll quickly get used to it.

[dodgyshirt]

What do you do in your spare time Ethel?????????????

[Coldicote]

Many thanks to all for these helpful comments. I hadn't discovered until now about right clicking on a hyperlink and selecting 'Open New Tab' (vehelpfulguy). Live and learn - I'll sign off now. (I suspect Ethel is a Wizard in disguise!)