Get those Salesforce Hyperlinks under control with Firefox
I was talking to Tucker MacLean of the Salesforce.com foundation today demoing some Opportunity S-Controls I wrote. As I launched one from a hyperlink field, it opened in a new Firefox tab in my current window. Tucker did a double take. Turns out one of the big things people complain to Tucker about is that hyperlink formulas in Salesforce.com spawn new browser windows. Problem solved for Firefox users.
Then Tucker dug into his Firefox settings and found that not only can you can capture new window spawns in a new tab, but you can choose to have them replace your current tab/window. Salesforce.com hyperlinks can now behave exactly like all the other links in Salesforce.com. Imagine that.
To implement this, open Firefox 1.5 (get it if you don’t have it) and go to the Tools menu and choose Options. Click on the Tabs icon and you’ll see a window like this.
Set it up as shown in this screen shot and you’ll be lovin’ those hyperlinks. And remember, friends don’t let friends use IE…except for mail merge.
