By Michael Flanakin @ 10:09 AM :: 171 Views :: 1 Comments :: Internet Explorer, (Open), (Unreported) :: Digg it!

In the IE7 betas I've tried, sites that exist in different zones cannot be opened in the same window. This is a very big annoyance that can lead to pop-up hell. One instance that drove me crazy was when I had a site that used Windows Live (WL) Accounts as a trusted site and not the actual WL sign-in page. First, since I use tabbed browsing as much as possible and opened the trusted site in a window with tabs already open, the trusted site was redirected to a new, trusted window (window count: 2). When I clicked the sign-in link, the WL sign-in page was opened in a new, non-trusted window (window count: 3). After I sign-in, I'm redirected to the original site, which is trusted and must be in a trusted window. So, what happens? Yet another window and I'm finally logged into the site. That's 4 windows just to get logged into a site. I had to do it again just to be sure I didn't do something wrong.

Apparently, the continual opening of new windows problem has been resolved in the official release, according to Gartner. I haven't verified it, but if it is true, then my problem with zoned sites isn't nearly as bad as I originally portrayed; however, I'd still like to see it resolved, if possible.

http://vista.blog.gartner.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1692