As someone who prefers not to bite the hand that feeds me, and so is not usually publicly vocal about issues/criticisms in the Microsoft world, I find myself in a situation where I actually hate the new IE. I hate it more than IE6, which is at least usable.
It isn't intuitive: all the stuff that all the other browsers have on the left, like favourites, home, etc, are on the right. The yellow bar for downloads or allowing access that everyone has at the top that is such a familiar position is now at the bottom, requiring you to move the mouse a significant distance. They've even moved the X that closes the browser from the right of the browser to somewhere in the middle of the top. My son thought that he'd introduced a virus that had hidden it. And sometimes my scrollbars don't appear. When I tried to download, I couldn't find my download progress once the download started. I have always just used the default browser on my computer. It's always been good enough for me (I've been happy with Firefox and Chrome, but it's easier just to use the default). It could just be the Alienware lappie I'm using, but either way, it looks like I'm going to have to find me a new default browser. I don't want to even accidently open it. That's how much I hate it. Regards, Tony
