[Bob Williams]

Whether the hidden feature is on or not, I'd like the option of having OW ignore window properties as set by JS and simply open new windows (or in this case, tabs) with my standard window settings. I can't tell you how irked I get at anonymous, idiot designers who think they get to decide how my windows should look, even if that means a 200px-square, double-scrolling window (because they didn't test on a Mac, of course) in the corner of a 3200x1600 pixel screen. And, thank you, but I'd also like to keep my location bar so that I can see where I really am, and my toolbar so that I can navigate around if I choose. (Incidentally, one of the things that's historically driven me nuts about Firefox is that it not only lets idiots get away with this sort of demanding control, but like bad DRM, it *enforces* it. For instance, you can't make a tiny window bigger if the designer says you shouldn't be able to. Um, who's browser is it? And who are you asking to hand over money to buy your product or those of your advertisers?!?)

OW used to have an issue where it would use the toolbar settings of a recent pop-up window for *all* new windows, which would mean that suddenly, my new windows would open with no chrome at all. Annoying. I haven't had this happen in a long time, though, so I'm guessing it was fixed.

Also, more closely related to this thread, I'd like a site-specific option of having OW force links to open in the *current* tab. Some sites are just new-window-happy and open just about every link in a new window. Dag-nabbit, just follow convention and W3C recommendations and open links in the current window/tab! Very annoying. If I want something in a new window or tab, I'll open it there.

Sorry for the rant. Window control is one my biggest sore spots.