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Microsoft Launches Tabbed Browsing Tool | |
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| Time: 10:04 EST/15:04 GMT | News Source: Internet News | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Tabbed browsing has come to Microsoft Although version 7 of Internet Explorer has not been released yet, Microsoft has included tabbed browsing in an update to its MSN Search Toolbar for version 6 of Internet Explorer, which was made publicly available today. The tabbed browsing feature in the new 2.5 version of the MSN toolbar will enable users "to quickly access, manage and save commonly visited sites into automatic 'routines' of Web pages that can all be opened simultaneously," according to an MSN Fact Sheet. | ||
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| #1 By 1401 (71.28.81.185) at 6/9/2005 10:23:47 AM |
| Someone please give me some feedback on this tabbed browsing thing in the toolbar. I have installed the toolbar in the past only to be disappointed, and I don't want to go thru all that again... |
| #2 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 6/9/2005 10:47:33 AM |
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Much improved. I still dont prefer msn search, but the toolbar is nice.
Beyond the tabbed browsing, the desktop search also has a new interface. It provides a nice preview pane for documents it finds. For example, if it finds an excel doc. One click and you get a nice preview of the doc. The preview is fast, but still with plenty of room for improvement. |
| #3 By 111 (66.31.205.24) at 6/9/2005 11:23:42 AM |
| I don't do toolbars. If they ever want me back as an IE user, they need to build tabbed usability without any such spyware addon. (Yes, search toolbars are most DEFINITELY spyware) |
| #4 By 32313 (208.163.38.55) at 6/9/2005 12:23:01 PM |
| I don't have the option to open a link in a new tab, only new window. I thought they were copying Mozilla? |
| #5 By 32313 (208.163.38.55) at 6/9/2005 12:50:02 PM |
| Also, modal webpage dialogues prevent you from switching between tabs. |
| #6 By 2459 (69.22.124.157) at 6/9/2005 2:39:27 PM |
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#5 If you right-click on a link, 2 tab options should be listed in the menu (bottom section above Properties):
Open in new foreground tab Open in new background tab |
| #7 By 32313 (208.163.38.82) at 6/9/2005 5:02:29 PM |
| Thanks for that correction n4cer, found another bug F6 function key does not work again. |
| #8 By 415 (69.67.200.50) at 6/9/2005 5:23:03 PM |
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By default CTRL+TAB or F6 moves between frames, but MSN Toolbar tabbed browsing uses CTRL+TAB to move to the next tab.
Tabbed browsing works quite well I think, although the "My Tabs" feature is a bit cludgy. There needs to be an "Edit My Tabs" feature. I've been using MSN Toolbar and Windows Desktop Search since they were in Beta and I think they're both awesome. There are 2 really cool things I do with Desktop Search... Search my desktop for anything and add that search to Favorites via the Explorer Favorites menu. (i.e. Create a saved search!) And, second I create a shortcut to my IE Favorites by typing this in the search toolbar: @favs,kind:favorites $w Then I can type "favs active" in the toolbar and the Desktop Search window loads with the criteria "kind:favorites active" which effectively filters the results to IE favorites containing the word active. I hardly ever have to use the Favorites menu now... |
| #9 By 2459 (69.22.124.157) at 6/9/2005 9:22:24 PM |
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Jeff, RE: Indexing
Did you check the option to favor indexing? Else, it will stop every time you start doing something on the computer. |
| #10 By 16302 (24.72.116.244) at 6/9/2005 10:36:41 PM |
| One huge problem for me: they don't support their own 64-bit operating systems. Come on Microsoft - eat your own dog food! |
| #11 By 415 (69.67.200.50) at 6/10/2005 10:26:37 AM |
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#13, regarding 64-bit...
MSN's goals are to quickly role out products with commercial user reach, in other words software that MANY users will use right away. x64 has seen its growth in the enterprise market, so it makes sense that Windows Desktop Search will support that OS later, and most likely when the enterprise version of Desktop Search is released. |
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