Internet Options - Connections

I downgraded to IE 8 because IE 9 removes some of my favorite features.

1. The search window is gone. I know you can search within the address field but that isn't the same thing. I like to use this search so my topic stays at the top of the screen as I visit various sites. If I find a site I want to stay and I can click once to open a new site and click the magnifying glass icon in the search box. Presto! I don't have to retype my search topic.

2. They have removed the small drop down tick next to the "forward" button. This means that if I want to go back a handful of pages in my history I have to click the Back button a handful of times instead of being able to hit this one button and go immediately to the "previous" page I'm looking for.

The other issue I have is Microsoft has yet again NOT fixed something. The Menu Bar seems to be the holy grail of IE. Nothing can go on the same line as the Menu Bar. No other functions can inhabit the holy sanctum of the Menu Bar.

Really? Can't we have IE that is completely modular allowing us to set it up according to our needs? Why can't the Command Bar be on the same line as the Menu Bar? Why can't My Favorites be on the same line as the Menu Bar? If I don't have the Menu Bar active then the only way I can access my Favorites is by clicking the Star icon ... which is now on the right side of the screen instead of the left side as it has previously been. Grrrr! Or I could retrain myself to hit the "Alt" key everytime I want to use My Favorites but that means extra work each time when IE 9 should be about reducing input from the user.

I've looked at a few 3rd party applications that could duplicate the features Microsoft has taken away (isn't that kinda sad, Microsoft?) but the few that I've looked at are huge and only replace the separate search box function.

I kinda feel like Microsoft took the people who gave us Vista and moved them to the IE team. I can only hope IE 9 turns out to be like Vista and in IE 10 Microsoft will think about how users actually use their product.

And, yes, I'm cranky today.

It's suppose to be this way ppl. Like always we Americans all in such a hurry to get something done we just start installing something & click on everything that pops up and then wonder WTF? In this case, all they have tried out is an RC or Beta with out understanding just what a beta or RC is & then complaining like the bunch of pains in the butts that they are. It's the same way with crashes. Then they bring their pewters to me to repair and can only tell me it the got that blue screen and a error messages but did they remember what the message was ? Of course not. But they still want to know or complaint about what happened.This is not about the before version ppl, but the finished version. Aw crap I'm done wasting my time bitching.

No one is saying you should use IE9 beta, the beta version is now replaced with the final release. I've been using IE9 since beta, & I have found that it has improved through each version. I am now using the final version & I do like it. Yes, there are still a few problems because it is so new that many sites have yet to update themselves for it. And, occasionally I have to use the compatibility view to smooth out some of these issues, but like everything else, change takes time. I'm glad that MS didn't stop at any of the earlier versions, & I expect to follow along as they roll out newer versions.

Don't like it? - Don't use it!
I do! - I will!
Have another favorite? - Go ahead & use it!
Haven't tried it? - Don't bitch!

jmk-nbsc

that is true improvement does not mean tumbling everything around. it seems that Microsoft wants to earn commission on tutions and books for Win products.

only if they can agree about it right away and not change a little by little so everytime one of the big do something then we have to redo our web page coding. I am a small business and do not have time nor money for that big crappy battle

the history drop down (2) is there I don't know why you do not see it.

in IE9 the menu bar is not holy like in windows you just need to unlock the toolbar before you can move things around. (right click and click on "Lock the Toolbar" to unlock it then do what you want.

what I hate is that IE9 forced me to download new flash square because adobe flash player is not ready for IE9 win 64bit. and that gave me a lot of problems with many of my daily application and my web site looks crap but not as crap as many web site 100% flash.

one more thing the 32 bit compatible IE 9 for Win7 64bit is completely unstable.

but I need it as my bank login can not happen with IE9 64bits... it seems that nobody was ready for it not even Java.