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Re: Opening PDF, Word Documents or other sites like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive in a new window ...

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From: glen walker
Date: Aug 15, 2023 1:24PM

Well, perhaps I'm using an old browser, Firefox, but I've had the download
setting for at least 10 years, if not longer. Prior to using Firefox, I
used Netscape Navigator. Really. Netscape eventually turned into
Firefox. I know Chrome is more popular than Firefox but I never saw a need
to switch, especially since Chrome doesn't have the simple feature of
ctrl+tab being able to toggle between two tabs. I'm sure there's a plugin
to do that but it should be a basic feature of the browser.

And in case you're wondering, which I'm sure you're not, prior to using
Netscape, I used Mosaic. Call me a dinosaur.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:01 PM Karen McCall < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Yes, it can now be controlled through the browser. Although this is a
> relatively new setting in the browsers. I think it’s less than a year old.
> I have my browsers set to automatically download these types of documents
> as well.
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