When I use the internet, I usually open 2-3 windows so I can do several things at the same time. With almost all web pages I can view one page or type info into one page, while the others in the background load. With hotmail, as soon as the page loads it jumps to the front. This is really annoying, especially when I am trying to log in to a different page. I will be entering my user name and password for a different page, and hotmail suddenly jumps to the active window and I have to go back to what I was doing and finish entering my login information. (OK, it only costs me a few seconds, but it is still annoying.) I think I have encountered a few other pages that do this same thing, but I can’t remember what they are. What causes hotmail to do this, and is there a way to avoid it?
I suspect it’s in the hotmail HTML code. I don’t know how to avoid it, and it pisses me off too.
but it’s not only hotmail (which, BTW, i do not access with the browser but with Outlook Express) but many other pages that do this. I have never looked into it but I am guessing it is probably some java or ActiveX script. I may bother to look at the source code one of these days. If that is the case you may stop it by disabling the Java or Active X scripts.
It’s not likely to be Java. Too much work and load times for such a simple thing to do. I’m not even sure if java is capable of doing that (in an unsigned applet)
JavaScript is much more likely, it’s easier and would be quicker for that.
ActiveX is just evil. I don’t deal with it, but it’s a good candidate for something from HotMail, since HotMail is an MS thing.
by Java or activeX scripts I meant Javascript or ActiveX script. I checked the hotmail site and the page you get does contain quite a bit of javascript but I did not check what it does.
The javascript command that causes this is the focus command, I believe. Not sure, but I know it annoys the hell out of me too.