Technology

Open Tabs At The Right

A change in the default behavior is often problematic for many users. Firefox 3.6 has introduced a change in the way new tabs are opened. Before Firefox 3.6 tabs were always opened at the right in the web browser which meant that tabs were added as a new tab at the end of the tabbar in the Internet browser.

In Firefox 3.6 however only new tabs are opened at the far right of the tabbar while new tabs that are opened from existing tabs, e.g. by middle-clicking a link in an already open tab, are opened next to the tab containing the link.

That feels like inconsistent behavior to some Firefox users. Those who prefer the old way of opening new tabs (all at the right end) can make Firefox 3.6 change that behavior to the default behavior of previous Firefox versions. More »

A Humorous Look At The Latest TV Technology

In the ongoing trend towards miniaturization that will undoubtedly end with television screens implanted into the corneas of every human being at birth, the great Japanese gods of technology have been developing portable video players so that mortal men may take the television that was too inconvenient to watch last night wherever they go and watch it at a time that is merely inconvenient for everybody else. More »