Hi Leonard:

Yes, I agree. I hope to see MS releasing future versions of it with ample
room for customization.

Sincerely,
Subbiah.


"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Hello Subbiah:
>
> I don't work for Microsoft so I don't know what their design philosophy
> was. From what I have read it appears that strengthening the browser's
> security and bringing it up-to-date with the competition feature-wise
> (principally tabs and RSS) were priorities. As for its appearance, I
> understand it was created to fit in with Vista.
>
> In any case, I doubt the browser's frame is carved in stone. Perhaps
> more flexibility will be introduced later on. For now, I'm glad to have
> tabs and to know that IE 7 has been hardened against attack.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Subbiah wrote:
> > Hi Leonard:
> >
> > Thank you for your help. It is a bummer! I prefer to use short cut keys and
> > in my opinion the Icon bar is a waste of valuable real estate on my monitor.
> >
> > Just do not understand why MS would have to interfere with my preferences of
> > how the IE7 should look and feel. Upgraded to IE7 in my work machine
> > yesterday and apart from the Tab's where I can keep many web sites under a
> > single window (which saves viewable space on my monitor), there isn't much in
> > IE7 that I like.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Subbiah.
> >
> >
> > "Leonard Grey" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi again:
> >>
> >> The Command Bar cannot be removed.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Leonard Grey
> >> Errare humanum est
> >>
> >> Subbiah wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I have another question also. I want to get rid of the Command Icon bar
> >>> also. I would appreciate your help on this.
> >>>
> >>> For some reason it does not allow me to remove the whole bar. The next best
> >>> thing I could do was to Customize it by removing all the icons it can
> >>> possibly show. But, for some reason when IE7 is started next time, all the
> >>> icons show up again!
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>> Subbiah.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Subbiah" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi there,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a way to get rid of the following in IE7? I would very much
> >>>> appreciate your help on this.
> >>>> 1) address bar,
> >>>> 2) Internet Search bar,
> >>>> 3) back/forward buttons
> >>>>
> >>>> Again, thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>>> Subbiah.
> >>>>
>