TSGL: IE7 -move Refresh & Stop buttons left of address bar?

[jonpan]

Thanks, John. I've only just started on IE7 and already had that feeling of 
claustrophobia - can't do this, can't do that... I'll have to take a look at 
Maxthon - and maybe, at last, Firefox!

Cheers,

John
Od/G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S" <john.shortland at bigpond.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: IE7 -move Refresh & Stop buttons left of address bar?


Jon asked:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way of moving the 'refresh' and 'stop' buttons to the 
> left-hand side of the address window in IE 7?
Jon,
My answer to your question is No and Yes - sort of... :-)

''No'', the Refresh/Go and Stop buttons can't be moved at all with the
IE-7 user interface - love it or hate it there's no option to budge 'em.

''Yes'' if you opt to go with the current version Maxthon 1.5.9 Build 30
Dated: 2006-11-28.  That's IE-7 with a makeover with all the options on
the surface that you could poke a stick at.  You can reduce the number
of and re-order the Standard Buttons toolbar with just the buttons you
really need with the Stop and Refresh buttons (in either order) as the
last two buttons.  Then push the Address bar up onto that row and
that'll have those two buttons to the left of the addy bar.

The Search bar can be pushed up onto the top Menu bar to use up the
surplus bare space on that row.

Select to use ''Small Icons" to save more space and you'll end up with a
good length address bar/box.  No probs to get say 7 tool bars with
adequate options on two rows and then one Tab(s) bar under those.  All
up you can 'personalise' it just how you want it and not necessarily how
someone else dictates.  It's surprising the small amount of screen space
can be saved for better window size/usage.  At the end of it you still
have IE-7 under the bonnet if that one is one of your chosen browsers.
For what it's worth, there's no way I'd settle for using IE-7 in it's
present restrictive UI format.  Have a go - you'll have a ball with it,
and when it's sitting pretty go: View | Toolbars > |Lock The Toolbars to
make 'em all stay put.

Cheers... ~ John S.

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