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Re: IE8 Address Bar and "Delete"
"pg123" wrote:
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
> news:OI5TdbS5JHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "pg123" <pg123@bl.com.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:uHP$JKO5JHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> "Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:45DD8A36-9083-4316-B0DB-2569073AAF14@microsoft.com...
> >>>A small design flaw in IE8 as it relates to the address bar, more
> >>> specifically when using the drop down ability of the bar. The delete "X"
> >>> is
> >>> almost inline with the down arrow, so after dropping down to past
> >>> addresses
> >>> to go to, and the correct address is highlighted it is also, by virtue
> >>> of
> >>> positioning, hovering over the "X", causing a deletion of the address.
> >>> Place the delete "X" in front of the URL address instead of the current
> >>> location.
> >>
> >
> >> This would be much better but another solution would be to be able to
> >> delete
> >> from a context menu.
> >
> >
> > The current placement wouldn't be regarded as a problem at all
> > if that obsolete dropdown arrow (which was originally exclusively for
> > showing TypedURLs entries) was simply removed and all uses
> > of the Address bar's AutoSuggest list were limited to whatever
> > a user's typing produced.
>
> Obsolete? I don't care what it was originally for: it's useful. Removing
> features doesn't seem the way to go.
>
> <eg>
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> Why not remove the X totaly and allow a right click - delete options?
>
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