There are countless complaints about the lack of inline autocomplete for IE8 and no one from the MS camp can explain why it was removed. Frankly, I think it was a defect that has been marketed as a feature. I just bought a new laptop that has IE8 installed already. The first thing I tried to do was set up inline autocomplete. It's not about the features, it's about what's natural. Most people type then hit the enter key. That's how we all learned back in grade school. I don't expect to type, cursor down, type, cursor down, then type some more. It's a cumbersome, unnatural motion, not to mention just plain annoying. Anyway, there is no IE7 download for Windows 7 so I'm switching to FireFox. I've never really cared for the FireFox format, but the crap you're trying to pawn off as a feature is not for me.
Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
30-Mar-09
"HP-Quad" <***@pookmail.com> wrote in message news:eWUN4s$***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl..
That doesn't really explain what you think you are missing
IMO the only significant feature being lost from the Address ba
is being able to use Environment variables there
E.g. instead of being able to type %USERPROFILE%
I now have to type C:\D press CursorDown, type a backslash
press CursorDown, type the first character of my name
press CursorDown and type another backslash. That's actually _fewer
keystrokes (though admittedly more convoluted) but it is clearly usin
AutoComplete for Windows in the Address bar
Otherwise what we have now is much better than Inline AutoComplet
used to be. Just tab into the AutoSuggest dropdown once you hav
started typing and cursor through it to see this. Now you can actuall
preview where what you are entering will take you
HT
Robert Aldwinckl
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On Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:07 AM
HP-Quad wrote:
Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
Why have they disabled this feature?. Many people uses it. I will return t
IE7
How can I uninstall IE8?. The only way I find is doing a restoration system.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:25 AM
HP-Quad wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"HP-Quad" <***@pookmail.com> escribi? en el mensaje de noticias news:***@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl..
Well, I have found the way to unistall IE8. I've retuned to IE7. To
uninstall go to Control Panel, "Programs and Features" unistall update
I'll don't return to IE8 until they allow to work the feature inline
autocomplete in address bar.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:31 PM
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
HP-Quad schrieb am Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:25:29 +0100
It won't come back, sorry. I used to use it, too. apparently, it wasn't
used by many, though
Ka
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On Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:07 PM
ReBoot wrote:
The feature is there.
The feature is there. When typing an URL, IE8 suggests you to press
Shift+Enter to jump to the first autocomlete list entry. IE7 required you to
press Enter only, but the additional Shift key isn't going to hurt you.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:16 PM
HP-Quad wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"Kai Schaetzl" <***@mvps.org.invalid> escribi? en el mensaje de noticias news:***@news.conactive.com..
There are MANY MANY people that used this feature. Search for it in Google
and you can see..
Here you are an example
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=14163
read this...
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:27 PM
HP-Quad wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"ReBoot" <***@gmail.com> escribi? en el mensaje de noticias news:eJIi$$***@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl..
It's NOT the same thing... In such case, how can we REDEFINE Shift+Enter Key
to only Enter Key.
Also, we don't like the way IE8 shows in the dropdown menu all the matching
addresses that it find in the History and Favorites in the address bar when
typing....
There should be an option to make it working just like in IE7 and previous
versions.
By the way, I will continue using the IE7. The problem will resurge when new
Windows versiosn appear. Means Windows 7, because it's suposed it come with
IE8... Then I don't know if it will be possible to reinstal IE7 in Windows
7...
So we need to check other browsers like Firefox or Chrome. Indeed Firefox
has NO PROBLEM with the autocomplete feature. We will consider it if
Microsoft definitively eliminates it.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:08 PM
HP-Quad wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"Kai Schaetzl" <***@mvps.org.invalid> escribi? en el mensaje de noticias news:***@news.conactive.com...
Read this:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/its_worse_microsoft_thinks_ie8_users_downgrade_ie7
Pepople want to continue using the same features as in IE7. Not cuting
features...
My case, for example. I returned to IE7 after less than 1 day.
On Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:31 AM
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
HP-Quad schrieb am Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:16:24 +0100:
And there are many many more that didn't ;-) You can call Microsoft
support and complain about it, it's free.
Kai
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On Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:12 PM
HP-Quad wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"Kai Schaetzl" <***@mvps.org.invalid> escribi? en el mensaje de noticias news:***@news.conactive.com...
The solution is much easier: I simply don't use IE8. That's all. I've
returnet to my old explorer, and in the future perhaps move to
Firefox or Chrome. Not need to claim anything to Microsoft... They are who
must work well if they want many users to use its products.
On Monday, March 30, 2009 4:23 AM
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
HP-Quad schrieb am Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:12:16 +0200:
Honestly, then I don't see any point in you posting here at all.
Kai
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On Monday, March 30, 2009 3:09 PM
Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
Re: Inline autocomplete in address bar don't work in IE8. I return to IE7
"HP-Quad" <***@pookmail.com> wrote in message news:eWUN4s$***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
That doesn't really explain what you think you are missing.
IMO the only significant feature being lost from the Address bar
is being able to use Environment variables there.
E.g. instead of being able to type %USERPROFILE%\
I now have to type C:\D press CursorDown, type a backslash,
press CursorDown, type the first character of my name,
press CursorDown and type another backslash. That's actually _fewer_
keystrokes (though admittedly more convoluted) but it is clearly using
AutoComplete for Windows in the Address bar.
Otherwise what we have now is much better than Inline AutoComplete
used to be. Just tab into the AutoSuggest dropdown once you have
started typing and cursor through it to see this. Now you can actually
preview where what you are entering will take you.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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