Browser questions

[javasaurus]

Got a question about Internet Explorer.

Most of the time, I'll have multiple windows open so I can read L.J. while my e-mail loads, etc. Maybe I'm in the middle of reading an LJ entry when my e-mail finishes loading, and the e-mail window pops to the forground, interrupting my enjoyment of LJ. Very annoying!

I know that I can avoid this by opening new instances of I.E., but that uses additional 'puter resources, and isn't always a viable option (sometimes I want both windows to maintain the same "back" list, for example.) Is there any way to keep the windows from interrupting each other?

Comments

Re: (cheap shot)

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

We're mostly still using Win 3.1. Just kidding. Mostly 2000 or XP, depending on age of the machine. We're aware of the time change problem (you can tell your machine that you're in a different time zone for a few weeks as a cheap fix).

As for the thumb drive idea, can't do that either. Oddly, though, I can write and run C++ or VB programs. For some reason that doesn't violate the no install, no download rules.

Re: (cheap shot)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

BINGO!

just say, "hey, I wrote this browser over the weekend..."

Re: (cheap shot)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

relatedly:

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters:

a long article in CIO magazine on users who know too much and the IT leaders who fear them. Dubbing the universe of consumer technology the "shadow IT department," the article highlights the extent to which the boundary between users' workplace and home have broken down. It notes the increasing clash — familiar to anyone who works in a company with an IT department — between users' home-grown productivity boosters and IT's mandate to protect corporate data. The inherent tendency of the IT department to want to crack down and control technology that it doesn't supply should be resisted at all costs, according to CIO. The article outlines strategies for co-existence. It just might persuade some desperate CIO somewhere not to embark on a career-limiting path of decreeing against gmail and IM.