This may not be the greatest read for the people who frequent this blog (or at least those that used to), but I feel the need to put some of these things I am learning out there so that maybe they can help others like me who become frustrated with technology sometimes.
I recently became a fan of the Safari web browser. Since the last time I tried it, it has gotten a lot faster and more handy. After playing with it for a few weeks, one thing annoyed the hell out of me: every time I clicked on a link on my iGoogle (and other) pages, the link would open in a new window, making it impossible to manage my browsing history. I Googled around a bit, and found that there is a workaround for this. And it’s pretty easy:
1) Close Safari
2) In Finder, go to Applications->Utilities and open Terminal.
3) When the command prompt opens, copy and paste this line in: defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
4) Hit return
Now you should be able to click on any link that would normally open in a new window and it will open in a new tab. And yes, I know there are several ways to force links to open in a new tab without having to do this, such as holding down command when clicking, but when you are used to the above behavior in Firefox, it’s frustrating to try and remember it every time.
