Inaccurate tab logos

[clunan]

In IE 8.0 I love the tabbing feature, but recently it has been inserting the
wrong logo for my favorite websites. For instance, the Bank of America logo
is showing up in the tab for other favorite websites. This is an annoyance as
those logos do help me keep track of what sites I have open in each browser
window. Any advise on how to correct this problem?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

"clunan" <clunan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news86277A9-1109-4091-B9A6-C1528B6B8C85@microsoft.com...
> In IE 8.0 I love the tabbing feature, but recently it has been inserting
> the
> wrong logo for my favorite websites. For instance, the Bank of America
> logo
> is showing up in the tab for other favorite websites. This is an annoyance
> as
> those logos do help me keep track of what sites I have open in each
> browser
> window. Any advise on how to correct this problem?


Clear the TIF. For best results close all IE windows (and anything else
which might be using the TIF) and use the Control Panel's Internet Options
applet.


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[Twayne]

In news:e1SgudexKHA.5576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
Robert Aldwinckle <robald@techemail.com> typed:
> "clunan" <clunan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news86277A9-1109-4091-B9A6-C1528B6B8C85@microsoft.com...
>> In IE 8.0 I love the tabbing feature, but recently it has
>> been inserting the
>> wrong logo for my favorite websites. For instance, the
>> Bank of America logo
>> is showing up in the tab for other favorite websites. This
>> is an annoyance as
>> those logos do help me keep track of what sites I have
>> open in each browser
>> window. Any advise on how to correct this problem?
>
>
> Clear the TIF. For best results close all IE windows
> (and anything else which might be using the TIF) and use
> the Control Panel's Internet Options applet.
>
>
> ---

By TIF I assume you mean "temporary internet files"? "TIF" and its
relatives are an image file format. When using something like that, the
first time it's mentioned should include what it's meaning is meant to be so
readers comprehend it accurately in only one reading.

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Newsgroups are great places to get assistance.
But always verify important information with
other sources to be certain you have a clear
understanding of it and that it is accurate.

 

[Rob]

Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
> By TIF I assume you mean "temporary internet files"? "TIF" and its
> relatives are an image file format. When using something like that, the
> first time it's mentioned should include what it's meaning is meant to be so
> readers comprehend it accurately in only one reading.

The image file format is called TIFF rather than TIF.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

"Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message
news:slrnhq22u5.gok.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...
> Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> By TIF I assume you mean "temporary internet files"? "TIF" and its
>> relatives are an image file format. When using something like that, the
>> first time it's mentioned should include what it's meaning is meant to be
>> so
>> readers comprehend it accurately in only one reading.
>
> The image file format is called TIFF rather than TIF.

While that's what it's called, the filename is often, if not always, *.TIF.

 

[Rob]

Jeff Strickland <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message
> news:slrnhq22u5.gok.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...
>> Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>> By TIF I assume you mean "temporary internet files"? "TIF" and its
>>> relatives are an image file format. When using something like that, the
>>> first time it's mentioned should include what it's meaning is meant to be
>>> so
>>> readers comprehend it accurately in only one reading.
>>
>> The image file format is called TIFF rather than TIF.
>
> While that's what it's called, the filename is often, if not always, *.TIF.

That has no relation to the name of the format. It seems that 15 years
after the restriction was lifted, filename extensions are often still
limited to 3 characters in Windows. Making them unnecessarily cryptic.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

"Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message
news:slrnhq254s.gok.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...
> Jeff Strickland <crwlrjeff@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message
>> news:slrnhq22u5.gok.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...
>>> Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>> By TIF I assume you mean "temporary internet files"? "TIF" and its
>>>> relatives are an image file format. When using something like that, the
>>>> first time it's mentioned should include what it's meaning is meant to
>>>> be
>>>> so
>>>> readers comprehend it accurately in only one reading.
>>>
>>> The image file format is called TIFF rather than TIF.
>>
>> While that's what it's called, the filename is often, if not always,
>> *.TIF.
>
> That has no relation to the name of the format. It seems that 15 years
> after the restriction was lifted, filename extensions are often still
> limited to 3 characters in Windows. Making them unnecessarily cryptic.


Yes, but the direction was, "clear the TIF." If one thought that this meant
to delete *.TIF, then the Tagged Image File Format files (pictures) would be
deleted, which would have undesirable consequences and would not solve the
problem because the wrong file set would have been cleared.

Therefore, the question, "by TIF, I assume you mean Temporary Internet
Files," is a good one, and the suggestion that when one uses an abreviation
the first time, it is good to define the abreviation to preclude any
confusion that might result because there are other uses of the same
abreviation.

Context.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Who cares?

clunan wrote:
> In IE 8.0 I love the tabbing feature, but recently it has been inserting
> the
> wrong logo for my favorite websites. For instance, the Bank of America
> logo
> is showing up in the tab for other favorite websites. This is an annoyance
> as those logos do help me keep track of what sites I have open in each
> browser window. Any advise on how to correct this problem?