New Windows in Firefox 2
After upgrading to Firefox 2, links that were supposed to open in new windows were not being handled properly. It was forcing them into a new tab. When I tried forcing a new window with shift+click, it would open a new window and force the page into a new tab as well. The “New pages should open in:” option was set to “a new window,” as it should, so it wasn’t making much sense.
Thankfully, the solution was simple:
- Go to Tools->Options->Tabs
- Set the “New pages should open in:” option to “a new tab” and click OK
- Go back to Tools->Options->Tabs
- Set the “New pages should open in:” option to “a new window” and click OK
Fixed. I think the culprit may have been the Tab Mix Plus extension. Even if it was the culprit, I highly recommend it; I think it’s one of the best non-webdev extensions available for Firefox.