The new IE10, favorites, and two different experiences

[crawfish]

Without the ability to make Favorites into a sidebar, Chrome will never be my main browser. It's been Firefox for me since 2010 or so, when I finally ventured out from IE.

 

[jladwig]

Chrome link to extention for favorites sidebar - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...fgfehiinnlijdlicdb?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

 

[eastbayrae]

People are acting like MS will end all support of previous OS's the day Win 8 hits the shelf. They still support XP after 10+ years.

 

[crawfish]

Chrome link to extention for favorites sidebar - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...fgfehiinnlijdlicdb?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

Thanks, but there are too many bad reviews at this point in time, and they far outweigh my problems with Firefox.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

That link says it's a sidebar like in Firefox? What is that? I've never seen any favorites/bookmarks sidebar in Firefox. I have the Bookmarks toolbar at the top, below the address bar, which I use * ALL * THE * TIME * for my frequently visited sites.

 

[crawfish]

That link says it's a sidebar like in Firefox? What is that? I've never seen any favorites/bookmarks sidebar in Firefox. I have the Bookmarks toolbar at the top, below the address bar, which I use * ALL * THE * TIME * for my frequently visited sites.

View->Sidebar->Bookmarks. It's a built-in feature of Firefox. There is also a toolbar button you can add, plus a History button. I always add them both, side by side.

I use the bookmarks toolbar, too, but I have way more bookmarks than can fit there, and I use many of them regularly, which is why the sidebar is an absolute requirement for my primary browser.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

oh... meh, I've always had the Menu bar turned off in Win7 for the last few versions of FF so I never even saw the Sidebar option in the View menu. Plus I like to just hit the Bookmarks button and pull it down to go to a bookmark if I need to, and have my most viewed sites on top. I'd rather not have a sidebar taking up space all the time.

My home XP machine has the menu bar showing, but even there I still just hit Bookmarks to pull down the menu and go where I want to go. Since my most-visited sites are in the Bookmarks toolbar (one of my favorite FF features), I really don't use the Bookmarks menu all that much.

 

[crawfish]

I always run Firefox maximized, and the sidebar makes good use of the space on my 1680x1050 monitor. In fact, I wouldn't run a browser maximized without having something like the sidebar taking up ~ 25% of the horizontal space on a widescreen monitor.

 

[eastbayrae]

I installed Chrome a little while ago and it is significantly slower then IE10 or Waterfox.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

I always run Firefox maximized, and the sidebar makes good use of the space on my 1680x1050 monitor. In fact, I wouldn't run a browser maximized without having something like the sidebar taking up ~ 25% of the horizontal space on a widescreen monitor.

I used to run FF a little smaller than my 1680x1050 screen at home, to keep some of my desktop icons visible all the time, but then whenever my wife would use it she would always maximize it, as if it would make web content larger or something

At work I run FF full height of the 1920x1080 display (minus task bar), but about 75% of the width so that the desktop gadgets, Winamp, and a few icons are always visible.

 

[Gornot]

I usually adjust the width of my browser according to Facebook, as it is the widest among the websites I frequently visit. All others can fit just fine, and I'm left with a good portion of the screen to work with files I temporarily keep on my desktop. Also, the height of the browser is just enough for Windows not to confuse me wanting to maximise the window by dragging it around.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

I know in Win7 and probably 8, if you drag the top edge of a window up to the top of the screen, it will maximize height, but not width. Doesn't work for width, though.

 

[Gornot]

?
It maximizes the windows completely for me if I drag it to the top. Only when I drag it to the sides (snap it) it maximizes the height while adjusting the width of the window to the half of the width of your whole screen. That's how it works.

Going back to the point of IE10 [DEL]Metro[/DEL]: the only time I use it is when I play a text-based RPG which is full of info, and on the desktop I usually just maximize the window. In [del]Metro[/del] I get a little more space that saves me from scrolling so much... But that's pretty much it.

 

[PatrickGSR94]

Sorry, I meant if you drag the top edge of a window (with the arrow pointing up/down) to the top edge of the screen, it will max the height. If you drag the title bar itself it will maximize to the whole screen.

 

[Gornot]

Ah, yes, that is true
You can also just position the cursor over the top edge of the window and double click it, it does the same thing

 

[bitmodule]

So wait... I just installed Win8 RP and am using IE 10 in the "metro" view right now (what a stupid, ridiculous term IMHO). So y'all are saying the only way to get "favorites" is to pin individual pages to Start? I have probably a hundred site favorites, don't really want to litter up my Start screen like that.

Love the full screen browsing experience, but really HATE the limited functionality. I've been a die-hard Firefox user, may just have to stick with that. At least there I have my AdBlock Plus.

Just click view on the desktop or open IE10 on the Desktop from the first place. I wish IE had AdBlock… Then it would be perfect.

 

[Gornot]

IE does have AdBlock in the form of Tracking Protection Lists. The fact is, however, that it's not as "agressive" towards ads like AdBlock. AdBlock blocks everything, while TPLs block enough to keep your and your privacy safe. In some cases they might not be efficient at all, but I'm afraid that's all we can get.

There are programs that can be paid for that block ads in IE completely, but as this subject is against the rules of this forum, I will not share them.

 

[bitmodule]

Yes I have tried TPLs but they are just not as good as AdBlock. Yes I know about those programs but AdBlock is better than all of them.

 

[Gornot]

Yes, but with IE, right now "you take what you can get". Despite all the improvements, developers are still not interested in spending their time to work on IE. Microsoft thinks TPLs are good enough, otherwise they would either not exist at all, or be much better.
AdBlock is the best, there is no question about it, but if you think it through you realize that it's far too agressive; many people don't care, but websites that have legitimate ads which is the only source of existence (apart from, perhaps, donations) suffer from it greatly.

I do not mind coming across an ad every once in a while. I discover new interesting websites, online games, or anything that might occupy me for at least a few minutes. I can accept it because I am a fan of StumbleUpon, so I can relate the two in a weird manner xD

 

[bitmodule]

Yes, but with IE, right now "you take what you can get". Despite all the improvements, developers are still not interested in spending their time to work on IE. Microsoft thinks TPLs are good enough, otherwise they would either not exist at all, or be much better.
AdBlock is the best, there is no question about it, but if you think it through you realize that it's far too agressive; many people don't care, but websites that have legitimate ads which is the only source of existence (apart from, perhaps, donations) suffer from it greatly.

I do not mind coming across an ad every once in a while. I discover new interesting websites, online games, or anything that might occupy me for at least a few minutes. I can accept it because I am a fan of StumbleUpon, so I can relate the two in a weird manner xD

Yeah. I like it being aggressive though.

I am used to ads now because I have been using IE all my life but I just wish it had AdBlock. IE10 looks the best out of the browser on Windows 8 I reckon.