[OU] Dumb newbie questions

[tom arnall]

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 07:39, Peter Saint James wrote:
> On 15  February2008, at 4:16 PM, W. Robert Newberry, IV wrote:
> > Tab behavior - When I open a bunch of tabs (which I do) I'm used to
> > the
> > browser simply going to the next tab. Opera always wants to go back
> > to the
> > same tab; this is frustrating because I often want to cycle through
> > tabs
> > quickly, closing them as I go.  Is there a way to tweak the prefs
> > to get
> > Opera to do this? I've tried, but I can't make it work that way.
>
> 	If I understand correctly what you're describing, there does not
> seem to be a way to change this.  I don't like it either.
> Essentially Opera moves backwards through tabs instead of forward.
> Why, I don't know.  Doesn't make sense to me.
>
> 	Here's one work-around that I use.  It's not perfect, but it helps.
>
> 	What Opera is doing when you close a tab is to go to the tab it was
> on prior to the one closed.  When I open several tabs at once, Opera
> chooses the left-most tab.  I cycle through all the tabs (using the 2
> key), going left to right, ending at the right-most tab.  Then as I
> close tabs, Opera will choose the next tab to the left in order.  See
> if that works for you.
>
>
> 									Peter