Ryan
10-12-2006, 11:05 PM
For those that are having a hard time with the thumbnailed format, I will suggest Firefox or the new Internet Explorer 7 because of the tabbed windows. Tabbed windows allow you to open several windows in one, which you can switch back and forth between with tabs. Here's a screenshot of what mine looks like:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/tabs.jpg
By clicking on the a link (such as a thumbnail) with your mouse's scroll wheel, it will open in a new Tab. Technically it's still only 1 browser window, rather than having multiple windows opened when attachments are clicked on. When I'm viewing threads with attachments, I click all the attachments at once and let them open in new windows. Then I just flip through them and close them as I go. You can also use the tabbed window method to compare pictures -- you simply flip back and forth between the tab with a click of the mouse. This way there aren't multiple browser windows open and it's much easier to navigate.
I also use this tabbed method when opening new threads in a section on Simply. I go to the main page of a section, then click on each link with my scroll wheel to open all the new posts in new windows. Then I can just go through them one by one, closing each tab as I finish.
In my opinion, this kind of browsing is very helpful and I'm glad that IE 7 adopted it from Firefox in their new version.
You can get the new browsers here:
Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
IE 7 Beta: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/ryansmith83/tabs.jpg
By clicking on the a link (such as a thumbnail) with your mouse's scroll wheel, it will open in a new Tab. Technically it's still only 1 browser window, rather than having multiple windows opened when attachments are clicked on. When I'm viewing threads with attachments, I click all the attachments at once and let them open in new windows. Then I just flip through them and close them as I go. You can also use the tabbed window method to compare pictures -- you simply flip back and forth between the tab with a click of the mouse. This way there aren't multiple browser windows open and it's much easier to navigate.
I also use this tabbed method when opening new threads in a section on Simply. I go to the main page of a section, then click on each link with my scroll wheel to open all the new posts in new windows. Then I can just go through them one by one, closing each tab as I finish.
In my opinion, this kind of browsing is very helpful and I'm glad that IE 7 adopted it from Firefox in their new version.
You can get the new browsers here:
Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
IE 7 Beta: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx