does anybody know how to....

[sailor]

show that little box in the lower left hand of the screen in which the web address is displayed when you roll over a link in IE?

i do miss it so. thanks

[Choop]

View > Status Bar
(ALT+V, B)

[sailor]

hey thanks!

and such prompt service!!

[Carlos del Vaca]

What I would like to know is how you set it up so that you have the status bar every time you open IE, and not have to call it back up.

[jough]

It should always show back up once you check it.  I've never had it NOT show up.

However, if you want to ensure this, you can open Windows Explorer, select:

Tools > Folder Options... > View > Advanced Settings

and then check "Remember each folder's view settings."

Then click the "Apply to All Folders" button above that (since IE is just a special kind of Explorer folder).

Click Apply below.

Then OK.

Done.

[jay-ell]

If you want to be even more sure that you're never without a status bar, go here.

[CortJstr]

If you want to be even more sure that you're never without a status bar, go here.

You could still inadvertantly disable it via the View menu.

[sailor]

As much as i would like to use one of the "alternative" browsers, I'm afraid the Internet will be all: "What the HELL you DOUCHE BAG, this is NOT a Microsoft product, who the FUCK do you think you are, y'all better get back to usin' IE or I ain't letting you surf JACK SHIT. You are HELL OF PATHETIC."

that's what the Internet would say to me.

[andalucia]

No no no the internet is all about giving discerning geeks mad cred for alternative browsers.  For serious; it is the only way to be truly R.A.D.

[CortJstr]

I wish. Yesterday my SO couldn't get to the H&M site. It redirected to a page that said "we only support IE 4.0+" It wouldn't display anything at all. Now only supporting IE is sad enough but then saying you go all the way back to V 4? That's nuts.

I hate places that instead of writing web pages write Internet Explorer Documents.

[jough]

I think the "+" means "or greater."

Anyway, when buymusic.com opened it only worked in IE.  It still does.  Go to:

http://buymusic.com

in Mozilla and you'll be greeted with this message:

Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.

In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.

Unbelieveable.

It prompted this parody site:

http://www.dontbuymusic.com/

Which of course works in Mozilla.

[sailor]

I wish. Yesterday my SO couldn't get to the H&M site. It redirected to a page that said "we only support IE 4.0+" It wouldn't display anything at all. Now only supporting IE is sad enough but then saying you go all the way back to V 4? That's nuts.

I hate places that instead of writing web pages write Internet Explorer Documents.

and this is exactly what i'm trying to tell you about

[andalucia]

Egad.  Never before had I come across such a phenomenon.

[CortJstr]

I think the "+" means "or greater."

That's my point. If the site is compatible with something as old as IE 4.0 then what's keeping it from running in FireFox? I think they just threw up the intercept/warn page so they would've even have to bother testing anything else.

[jay-ell]

I have run across a few sites by fucktards who refuse to code for Mozilla users -- the ones that piss me off most are those that specify IE or Netscape, for heaven's sake -- but when I come across one of those I just launch an IE window and move on.  But I'd say 95% of my web app using is done with MoZo.  

I was a reluctant convert, but I'm glad I switched.  IE is just frighteningly buggy by comparison.  

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