The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Is there a way to get a separate search bar for IE9?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nemt, Mar 21, 2011.

  1. nemt

    nemt Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    73
    Messages:
    968
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I'm having trouble getting used to using the address bar as the search bar as well, it's kind of annoying. Is there any way to separate them like in IE7/8 or Firefox?
     
    nemt, Mar 21, 2011
    #1
  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

    Reputations:
    765
    Messages:
    968
    Likes Received:
    18
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I'm not even sure if you can get the search bar back into IE9 without getting a separate toolbar installed under it, although I could be wrong. If you can do it without having a secondary toolbar, its probably buried under a few menus.
     
    Kuu, Mar 21, 2011
    #2
  3. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    It's my understanding that you cannot separate the search bar from the address bar in ie9.
     
    anseio, Mar 21, 2011
    #3
  4. nemt

    nemt Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    73
    Messages:
    968
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Well that's a bummer.

    How about the title bar, is there a way to get the current tab title up there? It's weird having it blank.
     
    nemt, Mar 21, 2011
    #4
  5. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    3,001
    Messages:
    3,005
    Likes Received:
    416
    Trophy Points:
    151
    Why? There was never any reason whatsoever to have that stupid separate Search Bar in the first place. I think it was FireFox that introduced that idiocy. I never understood what the point of that redundant bar was supposed to be.

    Now that I can relate to: Since the space is available, why not use it to display a bit of useful information? Maybe it is possible to put something in that space, and maybe somebody will find a registry hack to do it...
     
    Pirx, Mar 21, 2011
    #5
  6. chimpanzee

    chimpanzee Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    683
    Messages:
    2,561
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    That is the first thing I complaint to them when I first saw the preview. If they want to maximize the screen space, do it like Chrome. Now they are wasting that title bar space.
     
    chimpanzee, Mar 21, 2011
    #6