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firefox opens new window on taskbar when using yahoo as the browser

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AnonymousUser
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when i use yahoo as the browser, a new window opens on the taskbar when web results are listed. also if I open yahoo mail a new window opens when i read messages. this things only happen when using yahoo. only sites such as google dont have this issue.

URL of affected sites

http://

User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

when i use yahoo as the browser, a new window opens on the taskbar when web results are listed. also if I open yahoo mail a new window opens when i read messages. this things only happen when using yahoo. only sites such as google dont have this issue. == URL of affected sites == http:// == User Agent == Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

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Morbus
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Hello Frank.

First of all, take a look at this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser It will help you understand what the browser really is.

Now, as for your issue, if I understand it correctly, the only way to prevent this from happening (that I know of) is to go into Tools > Options > Tabs and select "Open links that open in a new window in:" as "New Tab".

Of course, you can always drag and drop tabs from window to window, no problem.