I hate the new IE7 interface

[mckitterick]

It has all the irritation factors of Firefox, plus the irritations of IE. Sigh and grrrr.

Any tips?

1) How do you open new tab without opening it with the status bar, too? I don't want no stinkin' status bar!
2) How do you open Favorites stored in folders without opening everything in the folder?

Both of these seem to require me to have open the Menu bar, and I don't want to have three levels of gray toolbar stuff above a page (which is also why I don't want the status bar): These things reduce the size of the browser window.

Best,
Chris

Comments

[roya-spirit.livejournal.com]

um.. use Mozilla?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I haven't before... does it avoid these issues? No tabs, no unnecessary toolbars, no status bar?

(Also, does it now, um, work for websites? *g*)

[roya-spirit.livejournal.com]

haha!


I read in cjnet that Firefox 2 is better, but I'm not sure how many of the annoyances they've worked around, or which annoyances are the most bothersome to you personally.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

Firefox 2 centers around tabs, but they can all close easily, and you can navigate even when you have 23423432432 tabs.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Well, with firefox you can accidentally get a million tabs, but mostly it has only one toolbar, and you can dump the status bar.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

I suggest liberal application of Firefox 2.0.

Our college sent out a warning not to install IE7.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Our college sent out a warning not to install IE7 - why's that? The word "warning" is pretty serious.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

Mostly, it's because WebCT, the shittiest LMS ever, doesn't work properly with IE7.

[stefbester.livejournal.com]

Hi Chris,

1.You can expand a favorites folder if you click on the name of the folder instead of clicking on the arrow to the right.
2. What do you mean by "status bar?"