IE7 Refresh Button.
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I had a weird moment with IE7 when I was having trouble with a form on the QuickBooks SDK site and one of their web guys asked me which version of IE7 I was using, at that moment I realized there was no Help->About or any way of determining the version and thought "this is highly strange" then realized it was just that the toolbar with the menu wasn't showing by default.
yeah i know, i was confused when i saw that the first time. But it kinda makes sense not to have the menu bar take a vertical space all the time. IMO, How many times a average person does anything on the menubar when he/she is browsing. I would say rare, so i would say that it is a good adaptation of microsoft on usablity. But I never got used to the dual purpose refresh and go button. So, I wanted to just checkout in CP that if i am the only person who is having the problem, so I am not, so obviously the microsoft guys got it wrong with that button. :) -- modified at 15:14 Sunday 3rd December, 2006
-Prakash
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yeah i know, i was confused when i saw that the first time. But it kinda makes sense not to have the menu bar take a vertical space all the time. IMO, How many times a average person does anything on the menubar when he/she is browsing. I would say rare, so i would say that it is a good adaptation of microsoft on usablity. But I never got used to the dual purpose refresh and go button. So, I wanted to just checkout in CP that if i am the only person who is having the problem, so I am not, so obviously the microsoft guys got it wrong with that button. :) -- modified at 15:14 Sunday 3rd December, 2006
-Prakash
Mr.Prakash wrote:
so I am not, so obviously the microsoft guys got it wrong with that button
I wouldn't say that at all, it's nicely designed, it's just that we're not used to it is all. I think they did the right thing there. My only beef with IE7 is that you can't open a new page from an existing page in tabs. That's functionality that was not maintained.
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
so I am not, so obviously the microsoft guys got it wrong with that button
I wouldn't say that at all, it's nicely designed, it's just that we're not used to it is all. I think they did the right thing there. My only beef with IE7 is that you can't open a new page from an existing page in tabs. That's functionality that was not maintained.
John Cardinal wrote:
I wouldn't say that at all, it's nicely designed, it's just that we're not used to it is all. I think they did the right thing there.
Well, what I meant to say is that, even after using IE7 browser for a while, me and few (or many) other guys still havent got hold of that button. There is another problem with IE7, open a new tab, you will probably see a home page or about:blank page. type a url and press go now quickly go to another tab and come back to this tab. You will notice that the address bar looses the url you have typed.
-Prakash
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Tere is one thing about IE7 I like - the ability to create a new tab without using the menu...
yeah, I agree, but i would love to have the new feature of firefox, i.e. instead of links that open in new window, they should just start in the new tab.(without pressing ctrl key)
-Prakash
They do in FF2 I thought, at least they do in mine unless someone decided to actively try to stop it. I seem to remember it was also an available in the options dialog.
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They do in FF2 I thought, at least they do in mine unless someone decided to actively try to stop it. I seem to remember it was also an available in the options dialog.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
They do in FF2 I thought, at least they do in mine
that new feature is missing in IE. :)
-Prakash
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Ed.Poore wrote:
They do in FF2 I thought, at least they do in mine
that new feature is missing in IE. :)
-Prakash
Ah, the gale force winds here must have affected me. Didn't read your message properly. Besides I've taken to middle mouse clicking every link I try & open anyway unless I specifically want a new window.
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Ah, the gale force winds here must have affected me. Didn't read your message properly. Besides I've taken to middle mouse clicking every link I try & open anyway unless I specifically want a new window.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Besides I've taken to middle mouse clicking every link
gees, i did not know that before, thanks for the tip.:)
-Prakash
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How many times have you spend 1 or 2 seconds searching for the refresh button on IE7. I am not yet used to the duel purpose button, i.e. go & refresh.
-Prakash
The whole "menu bar at the bottom right instead of the top left" still drives me insane. Although I guess Windows Media Player and Windows Live Messenger do the same thing. A trend? :sigh:
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The whole "menu bar at the bottom right instead of the top left" still drives me insane. Although I guess Windows Media Player and Windows Live Messenger do the same thing. A trend? :sigh:
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Mr.Prakash wrote:
How many times have you spend 1 or 2 seconds searching for the refresh button on IE7.
What?! Doesn't F5 work anymore? :~
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Besides I've taken to middle mouse clicking every link
gees, i did not know that before, thanks for the tip.:)
-Prakash
Not a problem :)
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yeah i know, i was confused when i saw that the first time. But it kinda makes sense not to have the menu bar take a vertical space all the time. IMO, How many times a average person does anything on the menubar when he/she is browsing. I would say rare, so i would say that it is a good adaptation of microsoft on usablity. But I never got used to the dual purpose refresh and go button. So, I wanted to just checkout in CP that if i am the only person who is having the problem, so I am not, so obviously the microsoft guys got it wrong with that button. :) -- modified at 15:14 Sunday 3rd December, 2006
-Prakash
I use the menu bar all the time. To print, to save, to edit, to turn off and then on again the brain dead popup blocker and to get to the internet options.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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How many times have you spend 1 or 2 seconds searching for the refresh button on IE7. I am not yet used to the duel purpose button, i.e. go & refresh.
-Prakash
Precisely once. I hated the whole thing so much I uninstalled it and went back to IE6.
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I use the menu bar all the time. To print, to save, to edit, to turn off and then on again the brain dead popup blocker and to get to the internet options.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
I use the menu bar all the time. To print, to save, to edit, to turn off and then on again the brain dead popup blocker and to get to the internet options.
You are an exception :). I am talking about a normal internet surfer that are more in number.
-Prakash