Can't fit the top bars onto one row anymore :-(

Using IE6 with my widescreen monitor, I could easily fit all the top bars
onto one row.

Using IE7 or IE8 beta I am no longer able to do this. Instead I'm forced to
have a big fat collection of top bars comprised mostly of grey wasted space.
I don't want to turn any of them off, I just want the Navigation/Address
Bar, Menu Bar and Favourites Bar on one row.

Come on MS, would it really hurt to let me dock the bars where I like?

Hide an 'Unlock Docking' button in Internet Options/Advanced.

Would anyone here able to work out a hack to this purpose?

Dek

"Dek" <> wrote in message
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> Using IE6 with my widescreen monitor, I could easily fit all the top bars
> onto one row.
>
> Using IE7 or IE8 beta I am no longer able to do this. Instead I'm forced
> to
> have a big fat collection of top bars comprised mostly of grey wasted
> space.
> I don't want to turn any of them off, I just want the Navigation/Address
> Bar, Menu Bar and Favourites Bar on one row.
>
> Come on MS, would it really hurt to let me dock the bars where I like?
>
> Hide an 'Unlock Docking' button in Internet Options/Advanced.
>
> Would anyone here able to work out a hack to this purpose?

I heard that they were going to bring back a configurable interface for IE8,
but it doesn't look like they have, and will be sticking to the same
concept. I think it's fine though.

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote in message
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> "Dek" wrote in message ...
>> Using IE6 with my widescreen monitor, I could easily fit all the top bars
>> onto one row.
>>
>> Using IE7 or IE8 beta I am no longer able to do this. Instead I'm forced
>> to
>> have a big fat collection of top bars comprised mostly of grey wasted
>> space.
>> I don't want to turn any of them off, I just want the Navigation/Address
>> Bar, Menu Bar and Favourites Bar on one row.
>>
>> Come on MS, would it really hurt to let me dock the bars where I like?
>>
>> Hide an 'Unlock Docking' button in Internet Options/Advanced.
>>
>> Would anyone here able to work out a hack to this purpose?
>
> I heard that they were going to bring back a configurable interface for
> IE8, but it doesn't look like they have, and will be sticking to the same
> concept. I think it's fine though.
>


I hope they change it back, too. On a wider or larger monitor, with more
choices in screen resolutions, all that "grey wasted space" the OP dislikes
is going to very annoying to a lot of other people, myself included.

<> wrote in message
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>
> I hope they change it back, too. On a wider or larger monitor, with more
> choices in screen resolutions, all that "grey wasted space" the OP
> dislikes is going to very annoying to a lot of other people, myself
> included.


But there is less wasted space than there is with IE6 at standard layout.

I never have the menu bar displayed (you can just press Alt to get it), and
I do not use the Links bar anymore (although it seems that this has become
useful again in IE8, and has a display toggle too). So there are only two
'lines' being used. With IE6, there would be four, if it had tabs.

ss.