When You're Using The Internet...

@Malyck (3425)
Australia
September 10, 2007 7:31pm CST
How many windows or tabs do you usually have open? Do you have multiple myLot and others open, so you can answer lots of discussions with ease? Personally, I use Mozilla Firefox, and I use the middle click on my mouse to open up all the discussions or profiles I wish to look at. It means that I do not have to backspace, and I can just close this tab when I'm finished and move on to the next =D So do you guys open things in new windows or tabs, or just keep it simple in the one? Mal.
4 people like this
21 responses
11 Sep 07
I have never really noticed to tell you the truth. I have my inbox window open and I go from there. I have firefox also but for some reason II seem to have trouble when it comes to popus being blocked. It is so annoying when you try everything and still can not get through to a website. Does this happen to you? Denise
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
Oh, yeah, I used to have that problem before I allowed certain pages, cookies and sites =D
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
Oh, I forgot to mention: Loving the Avatar =D
@raychill (6525)
• United States
11 Sep 07
I have not yet embraced the "tab" feature on newer versions of microsoft (and my computer is old so i can't embrace it at home) because, I don't know...I just don't like it. I'm weird about having many windows open but I feel the tab feature is just cluttered. I don't know why! I hope to one day soon embrace it as I'm hoping to get a second computer at home, a laptop to do school work on, and more than likely that will have the latest update of internet programs with the tab features!
1 person likes this
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
Haha, I was with you at first. It seemed too foreign, and I enjoyed my system. But before I brought my laptop around to my new house, I had to use my boyfriend's PC, and he wouldn't let me use my normal explorer or system, and it became a hell of a lot easier. I can't stand my old ways anymore =P lol. I hope you do embrace it and learn to love it like I did. =D
1 person likes this
@raychill (6525)
• United States
11 Sep 07
I'm sure I will. I'm just really weird about clutter!
@artemis432 (7474)
• Abernathy, Texas
11 Sep 07
I need to get this Mozilla Firefox, I don't even have a middle button - I don't hink - I have a rolly thing - it is wireless though - but that just means changing batteries constantly! My husband set my computer up so I have multiple tabs, like I have this open and you tube so I can hear Sade's by your side. I can see what the other tabs are snoogs is getting, restless and wants a playmate again.
• Abernathy, Texas
11 Sep 07
my mom cals that a kiss on the keppy
1 person likes this
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
11 Sep 07
I only keep a second tab open to be able to access images for my discussions.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
I thought I was the only one! =] If I'm up for a day of mylotting, I have to have an image window up =D
@ladybug565 (2216)
• United States
11 Sep 07
Right now I have 2 windows open one with two tabs and the other with three. I would be online for 50 hours if I didnt multitask. LOL!
1 person likes this
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
Haha, Same here! I would have to write a list of the sites and links I wanted to get around to, or I'd just be a blubbering mess! LOL
1 person likes this
@dewi30 (8)
• Indonesia
11 Sep 07
I use mozilla firefox, and I usually open max.7 tabs in 1 window.
1 person likes this
@pendragon (3350)
• United States
11 Sep 07
Only one or two windows ,I like to finish what I am doing then quit,lol.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
I usually have about at leat 3 tabs open now..I just flick from screen to screen, its brilliant and I love it.
• United States
11 Sep 07
I usually have one tab at a time. But I sometimes have up to 6 tabs at a time.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
11 Sep 07
I have been a Firefox convert for a long time now and a tab convert nearly as long. I have so many tabs open at once that they don't always fit and so I open a second browser window. Often I will have two or three windows open with 6 or 7 tabs each. This seems excessive (maybe it is) but when I am writing particular types of articles on my blogs, I like to do a lot of research at once and have all the references handy. I also may want to keep one or two things open all the time, like my email. I know it's obsessive of me to have to track 15 different things at once, but that is why the internet can be so much more engaging that just watching TV or talking on the phone, I can be chatting in IM, looking at mylot, reading the news and my email and writing something on a blog while keeping track of stats and what is happening on other sites I am interested in. Before I had the tabbed Firefox, I just had multiple windows open. I know IE has come up with tabbed browsing now, but I prefer never to open IE if possible, it has never done anything but cause me problems.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
I suppose to some it's excessive, obsessive and/or unnecessary, but it sounds like you've got your functioning system. I almost never have more than one window, although sometimes I'm mylotting and playing RuneScape at the same time, and it's easier to switch windows than tabs =] I definitely feel that the web is a more interactive and engaging form of 'entertainment' than television. Sure, I'm not outside running around, but I'm meeting and talking to new people, reading, learning, teaching and more - which is all easier when I'm multi-tabbing =D Thanks Rollo!
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
11 Sep 07
it si max 2 tabs as i cant keep track on all items at a single time.yes i ope new tabs and laos it slows down the speed of the net sometimes it hags so i avoid multiple tabs.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
11 Sep 07
Oh, I hate it when my connection's being slow, and then I normally just avoid the computer out of frustration =P I am stubborn =D lol
@nyumix (1658)
• Belgium
11 Sep 07
I never count. But I think if I'm doing research, I could open quite a lot of window in one time. Probably because I need to compare or to collect information from a lot of sites as well.
@cici6880 (656)
• China
11 Sep 07
I also use firefox,because I feel IE is so slow that I can't hold with it anymore .
@jep983 (50)
11 Sep 07
Right now I have 3 tabs opened on Firefox. I never have just one tab. :D
• United States
11 Sep 07
Oh my I use Avant Brower and i open as many windows as I can i will be on here and mail and bingo all at the same time
• Pakistan
11 Sep 07
i usually use mnultitabs, so i can answer and do more discussions...
@Ricko82 (584)
• Philippines
11 Sep 07
Because myLot takes a little while to load, I do open multiple myLot windows to save time when I'm myLotting. I I have separate windows to check for my firends' discussions, hot topics, my discussions itself, and for posting new discussion. While the one window is loading, the others are either on a discussion or posting. I also have one window to monitor how my discussions fair in the hot topics section.
@eliezl (610)
• Philippines
11 Sep 07
hahaha i open many windows. i use the firefox and opera at the same time lol =)) i juz love multi-tasking. my bf says its crazy hahahahha
@gotpiao (99)
• China
11 Sep 07
hehehe,I used to open many tabs ,because the time of opening a page is very long ,I just can't bear it . Just like you ,I open all the discussions i wish to look at in a new tabs ,then we can save a lot of time.:)
• United States
11 Sep 07
I keep everything in a mess! I hardly have the time for the internet, even though I love it, so yeah the little time I have for it, it is a mess how I do it!!