# To Open A New Browser Window Or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691 "2014-02-19T07:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/21 "2014-02-22T20:50:53Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > I don’t follow your logic here. Using tabs doesn’t mean you need to have your window maximized. I just use a normal sized window with several tabs in it. Yes, I know. I wasn’t connecting those two thoughts. I just don’t like tabs. I like to have lots of little separate windows scattered around. Kind of like the bottom of my closet. I do use tabs in my kindlefire browser. > [@johnpost](#): > > when i hear people say they want to open new windows it makes me want to get all tabby. Them kitty cats gotta be free to come and go! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/22 "2014-02-22T21:02:34Z")
I like to have whatever I’m doing at the moment fill the screen completely. It annoys me that my Mac always opens a new window in a new size that takes up less than the full screen. So use lots of tabs. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/23 "2014-02-22T23:40:13Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > t annoys me that my Mac always opens a new window in a new size that takes up less than the full screen. Don’t use the green button. It’s not supposed to make the window fill the screen. Drag the top left-hand corner of the page to the top left if it isn’t there now. Drag the bottom right-hand corner to the bottom right to fill the screen, then close the window. Open the window again, and should fill the screen. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/24 "2014-02-22T23:52:10Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Whattayamean we? > > I mean, I would never tell any who likes tabs that they’re wrong and need to knock it off, but I hate, hate, hate tabs with the fire of a thousand suns. You’ve got me curious, what is it about tabs that you don’t like? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/25 "2014-02-23T02:39:58Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Don’t use the green button. It’s not supposed to make the window fill the screen. > > Drag the top left-hand corner of the page to the top left if it isn’t there now. Drag the bottom right-hand corner to the bottom right to fill the screen, then close the window. Open the window again, and should fill the screen. I know that, but if I then do cmd-N, the new window is never the same size and position. It always tries to cascade them. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/26 "2014-02-23T04:54:19Z")
Try quitting the browser after enlarging the window. Don’t close the window first. If that doesn’t work and you can access the Preferences folder in your user library, quit Safari, then trash the com.apple.Safari.plist (if you’re using Safari) or drag it to the desktop. The plist may be corrupted. Starting Safari again will create a new one. If that doesn’t work, you could put the old plist back if you moved it to the desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691/27 "2014-02-23T07:03:20Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > You’ve got me curious, what is it about tabs that you don’t like? They’re awkward, they provide no useful functionality, and they use up screen real estate unnecessarily. If I have multiple pages open it’s probably because I need to be able to see them side by side, and if I don’t I’d rather minimize the ones I don’t need now so they’ll be completely out of the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-open-a-new-browser-window-or-not/681691.md?page=1)