Clicking on link in a thread

[Patrick425]

I have noticed with this new site that when someone posts a link to something and you click on it it does not open a new window like the old site. Kind of frustrating. Are there any setting I can make to change this? Thanks.

 

Also, is there a spell check anywhere on this site?

[1992casey]

I can honestly say that nobody discussed how links within topics should open, but many will argue that links that automatically open in new windows or tabs isn't user friendly. The really good news here is that unlike the old place, if you hit the back button, the page is left intact without a reload, so it's available immediately exactly as you left it.

 

I'm not sure about settings that might force a link to open in a new window or tab without knowing which browser you're using. But one option in every browser is to get into the habit of right-clicking on a link and choosing "Open in New Tab."

 

There's no spell checker built in. Because modern browsers tend to provide their own spell checkers, the software designers probably felt that a spell checker was unnecessary.

[support]

Even easier: middle-click the link. This leaves the choice up to the user.

 

The only modern browser without spellcheck is IE. You would be well advised to change to a better and more secure browser. For IE users, there is: http://www.iespell.com/

 

The more that gets added, the slower things become for everyone. This is always worth bearing in mind.

[1992casey]

Calling IE "modern" is questionable.

[TooLiveBrew]

The only modern browser without spellcheck is IE. You would be well advised to change to a better and more secure browser. For IE users, there is: http://www.iespell.com/

I always have a moment of disbelief whenever I'm reminded that people still use IE.

 

Google Chrome. Do it.

[support]

Yep, it is a dieing browser thankfully! If it continues at it's current rate of demise, it will disappear off the face of the earth before the end of 2015.

 

Oh, wait a minute, whatever will the spambots use then?

 

That accounts for around 9%, therefore by projection IE will never die but nobody will actually use it at some point in 2014.

[support]

I just came across this. It sure emphasizes what we are talking about here.

[1992casey]

Here are Google Analytics stats since the day we opened the new board. This is for all of Brewerfan.net, but the board gets the majority of the traffic.

 

[h1]Browsers[/h1]

1. Firefox: 35.00%
   
2. Internet Explorer: 22.92%
   
3. Safari: 18.21%
   
4. Chrome: 17.86%
   
5. Android Browser: 3.93%
   
6. Mozilla Compatible Agent: 1.43%
   
7. Opera: 0.30%
   
8. IE with Chrome Frame: 0.24%
   
9. BlackBerry9630: 0.06%
   
10. Opera Mini: 0.06%

 

[h1]Operating Systems[/h1]

1. Windows: 69.17%
   
2. Macintosh: 16.19%
   
3. iPad: 4.76%
   
4. Android: 3.99%
   
5. iPhone: 3.57%
   
6. iPod: 0.65%
   
7. Linux: 0.60%
   
8. (not set): 0.54%
   
9. BlackBerry: 0.42%
   
10. Nintendo Wii: 0.06%

[support]

I was wondering why I wasn't showing there with Chromium ... then I remembered! Google Analytics are blocked!

 

That raises a further interesting question. I would think it more likely that a non-IE user would block Google Analytics than an IE user. Now you know what that means?

[1992casey]

I have Google Analytics blocked in Firefox, which is my main browser. I don't think I have it blocked in Chromium, which I've been using here and there.

 

It's probably good that "support" and I have it blocked. With the disproportionate amount of time we've been spending here, we'd stand a very good chance of skewing the stats.

 

I should add that the numbers don't surprise me at all. Lots of non-IE browsers, a higher percentage of Macintosh than the web in general, and about 13.5% mobile.

[1992casey]

I was wondering why I wasn't showing there with Chromium ... then I remembered! Google Analytics are blocked!

Check your user agent. Chromium likely reports itself as Chrome.

 

Here's my Chromium:

 

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11

http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

[support]

Yeah, I have the Chrome bit in mine as well as a lot of other stuff.

 

I've almost exclusively used Chromium here.

 

The way you talk, anyone would think I lurked here looking for issues. They'd be right of course.

[TooLiveBrew]

2. Internet Explorer: 22.92%

 

http://gifs.gifbin.com/300g667434.gif

 

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EDIT: Hotlinking is disabled at gifbin.com. I uploaded it as an attachment. (TooLive wouldn't have recognized that as he'd have had the image cached.)

--1992