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Subject: Status bar (as a default) on IE
Posted by: Dummy
- [3640259] Tue, May 25, 2004, 17:30
Not the biggest problem in the world, but this one has me stumped...When I hit CTRL + N for a "new window" in Internet Explorer, the new window does not display the "status bar" on the bottom.
It's no big deal to go to View & select Status Bar & then it appears. However, I like to keep multiple windows open & my attempts to make this (show Status Bar) a default haven't worked! Anyone know how to do this? |
| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Tue, May 25, 2004, 18:01
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Solution
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| 2 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Tue, May 25, 2004, 18:04
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Just had to deal with this stupid thing last week (after my laptop crashed...argh!!)
Plucked from www.annoyances.org:
The one that did it for me was basically this:
With only one IE window open, turn on the status bar (View->Status Bar), then Control-Click the X to close the window.
Then, open your C Drive folder. Turn on the Status Bar (View->Status Bar). Goto Tools->Folder Options menu, click on the View Tab. Click on "Apply to All Folders" button.
Works for me, although looking at the above link, it might work for everyone.
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| 3 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Tue, May 25, 2004, 18:05
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A little too slow... :)
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| 4 | Dummy
ID: 3640259
Tue, May 25, 2004, 18:21
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Thanks...to both Guru & RSF!
Fixed the problem!
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| 5 | MadDOG
ID: 42442520
Tue, May 25, 2004, 21:15
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Did you guys hear that Microsoft has abandoned working on the Internet Explorer?
It's been about 2 years since IE 6 came out and they are not even working on a new edition. It's still the most popular browser on the web by a big margin but their are alot of better browsers out there.
Microsoft has the market share so they have decided to not work on it. IE 6 doesn't even have a pop up blocker.
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| 6 | KrazyKoalaBears
Leader
ID: 517553018
Tue, May 25, 2004, 22:36
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MadDOG, your post is a bit misleading. IE is not dead. IE as a standalone application will no longer be developed. As answered in this transcript... Q: when / will there be the next version of IE? A: As part of the OS, IE will continue to evolve, but there will be no future standalone installations. IE6 SP1 is the final standalone installation. Q: Why is this? the anti-trust? (no further standalone) A: Although this is off topic, I will answer briefly: Legacy OSes have reached their zenith with the addition of IE 6 SP1. Further improvements to IE will require enhancements to the underlying OS. Everything I'm hearing about Longhorn points to this. Supposedly, the old OS is gone and it's going to be a whole new way to work with your computer. With that, the disappearance of the standalone browser (and many other apps) should come as no surprise. You'll note that in the new IE in Longhorn, there IS a pop-up blocker. There's also an easy way to "Clear Browsing Records...", something even Mozilla can't claim. And before everyone gets too high and mighty about non-Windows programs and OS's, let's not forget that even Steve Jobs declared old Mac OS's dead. It's part of the computer industry. If you don't kill off the "old way," then people will never adopt the "new way." How many people would still use Windows 3.1 if everything was still supported on it? My guess is that it would be a much larger number than the number of people who currently use it. That's not good business and, in the end, Microsoft is a business. Lastly, no, I'm not pro-Microsoft. I'm simply trying to be realistic. There are a lot of things that Microsoft can do better. There are a lot of things that Apple can do better. There are a lot of things that Linux can do better. There are a lot of things that Mozilla can do better. And on and on and on. If not, then all would be on their final version of their software/OS, right?
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| 7 | KrazyKoalaBears
Leader
ID: 517553018
Tue, May 25, 2004, 22:37
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Microsoft has the market share so they have decided to not work on it. While the rest of the post was misleading, this is just flat out misinformation. Got a source for this? Other than a weblog?
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| 8 | PermDude
ID: 2343587
Tue, May 25, 2004, 23:58
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In Netscape, one can clear the history and the address bar history pretty easily. By "clear browsing records" do you mean something else?
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| 9 | MadDOG
ID: 42442520
Wed, May 26, 2004, 00:18
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KKB, I read an article somewhere that said that like 85% of web surfers still use Internet Explorer. All I was trying to say is that they aren't working on Explorer anymore.
I did know that there was gonna be some improvements to their browser when the new operating system comes out but I left that part out.
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| 10 | KrazyKoalaBears
Leader
ID: 517553018
Wed, May 26, 2004, 09:00
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PermDude, this appears to be a one-click option. My guess is that it'll clear the history, address bar, cookies, and cache all at once. It's something people have been screaming for almost a decade, so it's good to see that Microsoft may have listened where others haven't. You can do this in all browsers, but it always takes a multitude of steps. Being able to do it with a single click will make me feel much better about using a public computer. MadDOG, All I was trying to say is that they aren't working on Explorer anymore. This is ABSOLUTELY FALSE! They are still working on IE. They simply are no longer distributing it as a standalone product. In the end, this will allow Microsoft to legally "bundle" IE as it will now be tied into the OS, where it wasn't before. Further, it means Microsoft will no longer have to devot development time to browsers that are used by a VERY SMALL percentage of people on other OS's. People on Mac are mostly using Safari or some version of Mozilla, so why waste development time on a product hardly anybody is using? Who knows, maybe with a focus on a Windows-specific browser, IE might be able to become a much better browser. But no matter what, every browser has its limitations. There are things I hate about IE and things I hate about Netscrape and things I hate about Mozilla. In the end, I use IE because that's what a majority of the people out there use and as a web designer, the majority are my most important viewers. As for the 85%, Microsoft may be dumb, but they're not dumb enough to forget a time when Netscrape had 85% of the users before Microsoft introduced IE. Microsoft is just banking on their OS, and rightfully so.
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| 11 | Chuck
Sustainer
ID: 169212110
Wed, May 26, 2004, 14:22
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With the above mini-debate/argument, this is now officially a RotoGuru message board. :-)
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