Kr0z Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 i figured out why it flickers: its making multiple instances of IE and showing/hiding them depending on what tab you have active. Want proof? open at least 2 tabs re-arange your toolbars in a mess then click the other tab. the second tab will have your old toolbar layouts. If it was true tabbed browsing you would have all your websites opened in one instance and this sorta thing would be impossible (as it is impossible to recreate this error in say firefox.) thats why IE flickers :yes: 586038472[/snapback] Oh MY GOD! I would have never expected Microsoft to stoop so low just to compete with other browsers which implement tabs the right way. It's a joke, really is. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586038838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I wouldn't conclude that this is tab browsing from MS, it's definitely not what IE7 would be, this is after all an add-on to it, it's not closely tied down to IE, IE's implementation would be closely tied down. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586038967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acezo Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Anyone know if they fixed the desktop search underscore bug? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larney Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Tried it earlier. It's simple and great. Just what IE6/7 needs (with some modifications but don't moan, IT'S A START!!!) (Y) divertom15, I thought it flickered to just change the text of the open window? I doubt it keeps a "cached" copy of your taskbar :wacko:?!? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadkins555 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 The most annoying thing (to me at least) about it is that whenever you switch tabs, IE resizes itself as a maximized window, without actually being maximized. I hate that. I like new windows to open up small so that I can easily switch between them. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple_treefrog Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 :punk: Yess!!! Thankyou MS!I take :angry: it all back. What a worthless load of ****. Maybe Microsoft should contact the people from Avant Browser or Maxthlon to learn how to do tabs. :ninja: The MSN implementation is (N). Why the :angry: does my IE flicker and stuggle when I click between tabs? 586038038[/snapback] Agreed. This software is very buggy. I uninstalled it a few minutes after using it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larney Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 The most annoying thing (to me at least) about it is that whenever you switch tabs, IE resizes itself as a maximized window, without actually being maximized.? I hate that.? I like new windows to open up small so that I can easily switch between them. 586039248[/snapback] Are you taking about changing between tabs and IE maximizes itself? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellonCollie Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Anyone know if they fixed the desktop search underscore bug? 586039081[/snapback] Unfortunately not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586039503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadkins555 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Are you taking about changing between tabs and IE maximizes itself? 586039498[/snapback] Yes. But it doesn't maximize itself in the normal sense. It resizes itself to take up the entire screen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586040614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoDaddy Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 If I'm not mistaken one of the guys for XPSP2 said that they were going to do the tabbed browsing thing for IE, but found out that it couldn't be done too well. Even though it's buggy (mostly because it's beta), I think the MSN guys have done an OK job. If you can't wait for the real thing (IE 7) then this is what you get. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586042988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnesia Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 so has anyone hacked this yet? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586044166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I think this is pretty redundant. W2k can choose from Maxthon and other IE shells, Opera and Firefox to get the tabs. XP will have the same options plus IE7, which should have better tabs implementation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586045102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Yeah, switching tabs is kinda weird... But it works for me :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586046312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Someone has already done that ;) 586033944[/snapback] Ok so where can we get the version that will let us hide the MSN Search Toolbar, but still keep the tabs? Also, I went into the options -> general and changed the search service to: http://www.google.com/ however, when I type a search query into MSN Search Toolbar's search box and hit the "Search Web" button, it just goes to the google search page. I would like it to work just like the Google toolbar, type in your search query in the box, hit search, then the next page it should load is the google search results page. This wouldn't matter though if I could just hide / disable the toolbar, but still keep the tabs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586077515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aokromes Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Ok so where can we get the version that will let us hide the MSN Search Toolbar, but still keep the tabs?Also, I went into the options -> general and changed the search service to: http://www.google.com/ however, when I type a search query into MSN Search Toolbar's search box and hit the "Search Web" button, it just goes to the google search page. I would like it to work just like the Google toolbar, type in your search query in the box, hit search, then the next page it should load is the google search results page. This wouldn't matter though if I could just hide / disable the toolbar, but still keep the tabs. 586077515[/snapback] Read al the posts i have said how to change the search engine to a quite correct way to do what do you wanna get. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liger Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 why a toolbar? >.< jut put the tab feature in IE itself :/. Microsoft does a lot of useless things sometimes. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremic9188 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Anyone open up Task Manager while running IE w/ tabs? This is some GREAT tabbed browsing! :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Anyone open up Task Manager while running IE w/ tabs? This is some GREAT tabbed browsing!?:no:: 586081285[/snapback] What's the big deal? Is that going to 'cause my PC to crash? Is it going to 'cause other apps. to not run correctly? I have an AMD San Diego core 3700+, 2GB of RAM and a 400GB HDD, will my PC start to get slower? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagjohn Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 hmmm no x86-64 version. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Read al the posts i have said how to change the search engine to a quite correct way to do what do you wanna get. 586081167[/snapback] I saw your post. You said to put this in: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$w Is that supposed to work differently when I put that into the MSN Search Toolbar? When I type that into my browser, it opens a search result page for "$w". Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremic9188 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 What's the big deal? Is that going to 'cause my PC to crash? Is it going to 'cause other apps. to not run correctly? I have an AMD San Diego core 3700+, 2GB of RAM and a 400GB HDD, will my PC start to get slower? 586081451[/snapback] No it wont cause ur pc to crash or other apps to run incorrectly. I was just pointing out that it is not true tabbed browsing Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted June 18, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 18, 2005 I was just pointing out that it is not true tabbed browsing 586081573[/snapback] We all knew that. Give them some credit for releasing the toolbar with tabs temporarily while they work on IE7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586081954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aokromes Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I saw your post. You said to put this in:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$w Is that supposed to work differently when I put that into the MSN Search Toolbar? When I type that into my browser, it opens a search result page for "$w". 586081492[/snapback] For me on that way searchs anything writed on toolbar, don't know why for you don't Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586085045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 For me on that way searchs anything writed on toolbar, don't know why for you don't 586085045[/snapback] Ok, I have it working now. Thanks! I've uninstalled Google Toolbar since MSN Search Toolbar works just like the Goole Toolbar now + gives me tabs. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586085263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Ok, using what Aokromes gave us: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$w works with just plain searches. When you try to search with quotation marks and plus signs and commas though, it doesn't work right. For example, when I try searching for: "Red Tide" this is what the search results page says I searched for: %22 Red+Tide%22 If I search for: Red+Tide or Red + Tide respectively, the search results page shows that I searched for these: Red%2BTide Red+%2B+Tide Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/329664-msn-toolbar-202-with-tabs-released/page/3/#findComment-586087346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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