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SC Tom
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"Fred" <reg@parachute.net.nz> wrote in message
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> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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>> "Fred" <reg@parachute.net.nz> wrote in message
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>>> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>>> Sunny Bard wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/01/10 045, Fred wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Stubbo of Oz"<stubbo@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rod Munsie"<rodm@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any strong recommendations as to which approach
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> take in creating a "classic" start menu?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But you're trying to fix something that aint broke.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Depends on your opinion, lack of classic start menu would certainly
>>>>>> prevent (or delay) my installation of Win7, Microsoft should learn to
>>>>>> give people what they want, rather than what *they* think we should
>>>>>> have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amen to that. But it happens with everything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take IE8 - the main issue with IE7 was security, so MS needed to fix
>>>>> that with IE8. Fine. But they decided it was necessary to redesign
>>>>> it and add "Feechas". Now that wouldn't have been so bad if they would
>>>>> have added one more option - "Make IE8 look and behave like my IE7
>>>>> setup". With that, I could have lived with IE8, and maybe slowly
>>>>> changed to its new ways and appearance. But that option wasn't there,
>>>>> and I couldn't get it to look like the IE7 I was familiar with. So I
>>>>> uninstalled it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I've got Win7, I've got IE8. I still don't like it, and will
>>>>> install Firefox or Opera. The latter will also give me a basic email
>>>>> & newsreader, if I install WLM and don't like it.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Fred on this- I have IE8 on Win7 and IE7 on XP and don't
>>>> see that much difference. The "Add to Favorites" icon is gone, and a
>>>> new tab brings up a lot of crap info AFAIC, but other than that, they
>>>> act the same for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Add to favorites is still there on IE8.
>>>
>> I know, but it doesn't have the little icon next to the Favorites icon. I
>> have to click on Favorites, Add to Favorites. Not that it's a big deal or
>> that I'm losing all that valuable "clicking" time, but who knows, that
>> one extra click may aggravate my arthritis even more
>>
> I'm not a doctor, but here's a partial solution to your arthritis problem
> (sorry - I forgot we no longer have problems. Arthritis issue.) Click on
> the favorites icon on LHS so sidebar is always displayed, and add to
> favorites will be always available .
>
And lose a quarter of my screen. No, really, it's fine the way it is LOL!!
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SC Tom
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> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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>> "Fred" <reg@parachute.net.nz> wrote in message
>> news:hi6cdc$ruc$1@news.eternal-september.org...
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>>> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:hi5h8o$81c$1@news.albasani.net...
>>>>> Sunny Bard wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/01/10 045, Fred wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Stubbo of Oz"<stubbo@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Rod Munsie"<rodm@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any strong recommendations as to which approach
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> take in creating a "classic" start menu?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But you're trying to fix something that aint broke.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Depends on your opinion, lack of classic start menu would certainly
>>>>>> prevent (or delay) my installation of Win7, Microsoft should learn to
>>>>>> give people what they want, rather than what *they* think we should
>>>>>> have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amen to that. But it happens with everything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take IE8 - the main issue with IE7 was security, so MS needed to fix
>>>>> that with IE8. Fine. But they decided it was necessary to redesign
>>>>> it and add "Feechas". Now that wouldn't have been so bad if they would
>>>>> have added one more option - "Make IE8 look and behave like my IE7
>>>>> setup". With that, I could have lived with IE8, and maybe slowly
>>>>> changed to its new ways and appearance. But that option wasn't there,
>>>>> and I couldn't get it to look like the IE7 I was familiar with. So I
>>>>> uninstalled it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I've got Win7, I've got IE8. I still don't like it, and will
>>>>> install Firefox or Opera. The latter will also give me a basic email
>>>>> & newsreader, if I install WLM and don't like it.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Fred on this- I have IE8 on Win7 and IE7 on XP and don't
>>>> see that much difference. The "Add to Favorites" icon is gone, and a
>>>> new tab brings up a lot of crap info AFAIC, but other than that, they
>>>> act the same for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Add to favorites is still there on IE8.
>>>
>> I know, but it doesn't have the little icon next to the Favorites icon. I
>> have to click on Favorites, Add to Favorites. Not that it's a big deal or
>> that I'm losing all that valuable "clicking" time, but who knows, that
>> one extra click may aggravate my arthritis even more
>>
> I'm not a doctor, but here's a partial solution to your arthritis problem
> (sorry - I forgot we no longer have problems. Arthritis issue.) Click on
> the favorites icon on LHS so sidebar is always displayed, and add to
> favorites will be always available .
>
And lose a quarter of my screen. No, really, it's fine the way it is LOL!!
--
SC Tom