I may be switching from FF to IE
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From: Peter on 15 Jun 2010 07:40 In article <hv575q$lq6$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, jonSPAMMENOTdanniken(a)yahSPAMhoo.com says... > Peter wrote: > > Jon Danniken wrote: > >> I'm still stuck using IE6.x until I can find a browser that does > >> inline auto-complete from the address bar, using entries from the > >> favorites/bookmarks folder/file. > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> > > > > Actually Jon, IE8 does do this. > > Hmmm, everything I have read, from user postings to MSDN blogs tells me > otherwise. > > You are currently using IAC - from the address bar - with IE8? > > Jon > > > > It certainly does. From the address bar. Hadn't really paid it much attention till now. Normally I'm just typing in a web url, which it lists the first 6 at the top. However, below the urls it then has a history heading, under which are the top 5 page titles, and under that is the Favorites heading, under which are the top 4 matches for the names under which they were saved to your Favorites. If I start to type in a name that I know is in my Favorites (and there's no match for basic urls or history), it only lists the matches for Favorites. -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
From: Peter on 15 Jun 2010 07:42 In article <hv575q$lq6$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, jonSPAMMENOTdanniken(a)yahSPAMhoo.com says... > Peter wrote: > > Jon Danniken wrote: > >> I'm still stuck using IE6.x until I can find a browser that does > >> inline auto-complete from the address bar, using entries from the > >> favorites/bookmarks folder/file. > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> > > > > Actually Jon, IE8 does do this. > > Hmmm, everything I have read, from user postings to MSDN blogs tells me > otherwise. > > You are currently using IAC - from the address bar - with IE8? > > Jon > > Actually, I sent my follow-up just a little too quickly. You need to type the first 2 characters before it shows any matches in Favorites. -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
From: Jon Danniken on 15 Jun 2010 09:41 Peter wrote: > >> > It certainly does. From the address bar. Hadn't really paid it much > attention till now. Normally I'm just typing in a web url, which it > lists the first 6 at the top. However, below the urls it then has a > history heading, under which are the top 5 page titles, and under that > is the Favorites heading, under which are the top 4 matches for the > names under which they were saved to your Favorites. > > If I start to type in a name that I know is in my Favorites (and > there's no match for basic urls or history), it only lists the > matches for Favorites. Yes, I have seen matches available in a drop-down box, but does it autocomplete the entry on the same line as the one you are typing in? In other words, can you type a few letters and just hit ENTER without having to choose from the list you are given? Thanks, Jon
From: Peter on 16 Jun 2010 16:52 In article <hv7vtp$frq$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, jonSPAMMENOTdanniken(a)yahSPAMhoo.com says... > Peter wrote: > > > >> > > It certainly does. From the address bar. Hadn't really paid it much > > attention till now. Normally I'm just typing in a web url, which it > > lists the first 6 at the top. However, below the urls it then has a > > history heading, under which are the top 5 page titles, and under that > > is the Favorites heading, under which are the top 4 matches for the > > names under which they were saved to your Favorites. > > > > If I start to type in a name that I know is in my Favorites (and > > there's no match for basic urls or history), it only lists the > > matches for Favorites. > > Yes, I have seen matches available in a drop-down box, but does it > autocomplete the entry on the same line as the one you are typing in? In > other words, can you type a few letters and just hit ENTER without having to > choose from the list you are given? > > Once there is only one item left in the list you can hold down shift and press enter. Otherwise, if there is more than one choice from the letters that you type how is IE supposed to know which you want? And if you don't want the History to show, you can disable it from: tools>>internet options>>content>>auto complete settings Though it seems you cannot disable auto complete for any websites you have typed the url for and visited. -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
From: Jon Danniken on 16 Jun 2010 18:02
Peter wrote: > >> Yes, I have seen matches available in a drop-down box, but does it >> autocomplete the entry on the same line as the one you are typing >> in? In other words, can you type a few letters and just hit ENTER >> without having to choose from the list you are given? >> > Once there is only one item left in the list you can hold down shift > and press enter. Otherwise, if there is more than one choice from the > letters that you type how is IE supposed to know which you want? Because you set up the names of your Favorites to come up in a particular sequence, using the order of characters given with the ASCII table, starting from SPACE. I explained this earlier in the thread, using a three Google sites as examples. > Though it seems you cannot disable auto complete for any websites you > have typed the url for and visited. For IE6, this value is stored in the registry, and consists of the last 20 (IIRC) entries. Removing an offending entry (most often a typo), is just a matter of removing it from the registry. In any case, thanks for confirming that IE8 does not have IAC; I was aware of the drop-down menu, as well as the SHIFT+ENTER technique that MS enacted for the address bar. Jon |