What do the colors on the Internet Explorer tabs mean?

Question

I just updated Internet explorer a couple weeks ago and have noticed that sometimes my tabs change colors. There were a couple of green tabs the other day, and today a couple of yellow tabs. Usually they stay the normal blue color though. What do all of the colors mean?

Answer 1

Hi my name’s Feran and I’m working with the Internet Explorer Outreach Team to help provide assistance to folks about their Internet Explorer.



The color tabs are part of IE8’s new tab browsing features – Tab Grouping. Here is some info about enhanced tab browsing features in IE8:



The New Tab Page has been redesigned to allow the user to perform common tasks by clicking links on the New Tab Page. Some new features include:



Tab Groups – Tab grouping ensures that when the user chooses to open a link from a page in a new tab, that the new tab is placed adjacent to the original tab where the user would expect it rather than at the end of the tabs.



Tab color coding – Tab Groups are colored so that users can quickly identify which tabs are part of the same Tab Group.



Reopen last browsing session – Internet Explorer 8 enables users to reopen their last browsing session from the most recently closed instance of Internet Explorer which is useful if the user accidentally closes the browser.



To learn more check out: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/enhanced-navigation.aspx



Hope this helps!



Feran

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The colors means that you opened those tabs from the same set of pages. You know, when you right-click and say "open in new tab". It keeps the colors the same so you know that they are related.

Answer 4

Ie Tabs

Answer 5

Read what Microsoft say about it here (scroll to the middle of the page)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/enhanced-navigation.aspx

Answer 6

How can we turn it off please?