David, a new window shouldn’t start a new session. Windows and tabs (assuming the contents are all from the same domain) share the same cookies and therefore share the same session.
I’m closing this thread. The general attitude and pile up of me-too and same-here posts isn’t helping anybody. Also, the perpetuation of mis-information (Visits pane Uniques are calculated using different criteria than the grouping of visitors in the Crushes pane) is only leading to further confusion and misunderstanding.
Please email me with details of your problem. Please make sure at least your Mint installation and if applicable, your Secret Crush Pepper are uptodate (I will not diagnose the problem if your install is not uptodate because an update may resolve the problem for you). Please change your Mint installation email/password to something you are comfortable sharing and include that in your email. Do not reference this thread. Do not say “I am having the same problem as so-and-so.” Please describe the symptoms, not the problem (you don’t go to the doctor and say I have the flu, you describe the symptoms, the doctor tells you what you have and prescribes treatment). And please spare me the righteous indignation, you can be upset about this but directing your anger at the person trying to help you solve the problem is counter-productive.