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 Sunday, February 05, 2006

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IE 7

I really like IE 7. It’s so much easier to use with the tabs and all and seems much faster. I also like the new search provider model.

There are two things you should know. Almost everyone I know goes and un-checks this checkbox:

IE-tab-fix

Well you now want to check that box so that items you click open in the same browser window, but in a new tab. Otherwise you get a lot of new open browser instances.

You also want to make sure that this new radio button, circled in red below, is also selected:

Also, who thought it was a good idea to place the File Menu underneath the address bar??? What the heck? What possible kind of logic was used for that decision?

IE7menu

One minor annoyance is that installing IE 7 resets all your Sound Control Panel Settings. I hate the Start Navigation sound and immediately disable that on every machine.

Update: added the second IE tab setting

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Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:32:15 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I have to agree about the annoyance with the sound control settings. Overall though I have to say your points are pretty dead on.

I was annoyed with the file menu placement myself, but in the end I just disabled it. You can use the new icon-style menus on the right side instead of using the text based File Menu anyhow.

BTW do you use newsgator or find any sites have chunky scrolling at times? That is the main reason I stopped using it is because it was acting wierd for me and Newsgator Online.
Matthew
Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:31:25 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I see your site shows the favicon in your IE7 shot. However, I can't seem to get the favicon to display for any site that's not a favorite.
Rosyna
Monday, February 06, 2006 4:38:05 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I would have thought you'd have been able to move the menu bars and address bar around to where you want. I've often come to a users pc and found the address bar at the top - when i've asked why they've admitted they moved it accidentally and don't know how to get it back to the normal position. Very grateful when I move it back. Personally I now have my address bar to the right of my file menu as it gives me a bit more screen space back.
Andy
Monday, February 06, 2006 11:41:30 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I thought the point was NOT to show the "classic menu" as the toolbar is named. You can do (?) everything from the new toolbars.
Rob
Monday, February 06, 2006 3:31:45 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
for me, clicking "reuse windows" doesnt work. I still have tons of IE instances all over the place. Long Ling Avant Browser.
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