Tab opening speed and focus

At least once a day, I open a new tab while the page I'm viewing is still
loading and click a link on the Links toolbar, expecting it to open in the
new tab.

What happens instead is that the new tab opens to a blank page (my default
for new tabs) and the original tab starts loading the link I clicked.

I'm running XP Pro, SP3, on a Pentium E2140, 2GB RAM.

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"Spivonious" <Spivonious@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> At least once a day, I open a new tab while the page I'm viewing is still
> loading and click a link on the Links toolbar, expecting it to open in the
> new tab.
>
> What happens instead is that the new tab opens to a blank page (my default
> for new tabs) and the original tab starts loading the link I clicked.
>
> I'm running XP Pro, SP3, on a Pentium E2140, 2GB RAM.
>
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That's what I would expect.
Try right clicking the link and selecting Open in a New Tab. Or using
Ctrl-click.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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It bothers me because the new tab is the active tab, yet the link still loads
in the old tab because the new tab hasn't fully loaded.

I didn't know about ctrl-click. I'll do that in the future. Open in new
tab is not an option for items in the Links toolbar.

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

> "Spivonious" <Spivonious@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7C240D63-C9C8-48C1-BB91-6648DAF29D46@microsoft.com...
> > At least once a day, I open a new tab while the page I'm viewing is still
> > loading and click a link on the Links toolbar, expecting it to open in the
> > new tab.
> >
> > What happens instead is that the new tab opens to a blank page (my default
> > for new tabs) and the original tab starts loading the link I clicked.
> >
> > I'm running XP Pro, SP3, on a Pentium E2140, 2GB RAM.
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...orer. general
>
> That's what I would expect.
> Try right clicking the link and selecting Open in a New Tab. Or using
> Ctrl-click.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> Do not reply with email
>
>