Status bar mystery meat in IE
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I was excited to get a new system image for my computer at work a few weeks ago. Windows XP Pro and IE 6 and all that cool stuff. I just noticed something weird about IE:
What are all those blank boxes in the status bar?! No indicator icons when they're in their 'normal' state, no tooltips. The only one that does anything while I'm on a normal web page is the second one, which apparently gives me a context menu for the popup blocker if I right-click it. Because this button is conveniently lalbeled with absolutely nothing, I have to right-click them all if I forget which one it is. I suppose the others are for stuff like SSL and whatnot, when the browser is in those modes.
Is it just me, or does this arrangement just not make sense?
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starting from left to right:
[0] - ?
[1] - popup blocker uptions
[2] - Manage IE Add Ons
[3] - ?
[4] - Certificate Information for the page you are vieweing.... (a lock when connected via ssl, for example)
but yeah, this makes no sense at all....
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@Brendan Kidwell said:
I was excited to get a new system image for my computer at work a few
weeks ago. Windows XP Pro and IE 6 and all that cool stuff. I just
noticed something weird about IE:What are all those blank boxes in the status bar?! No indicator icons when they're in their 'normal' state, no tooltips. The only one that does anything while I'm on a normal web page is the second one, which apparently gives me a context menu for the popup blocker if I right-click it. Because this button is conveniently lalbeled with absolutely nothing, I have to right-click them all if I forget which one it is. I suppose the others are for stuff like SSL and whatnot, when the browser is in those modes.
Is it just me, or does this arrangement just not make sense?
Double-clicking will give results for some of them. Numbering from the left, starting at 1, the 5th box will give a message about security certificates for the site you're at. I cannot get the 4th box to do anything after a few moments of effort. The 3rd box brings up a window regarding add-ons. Again, nothing from the 1st box.
The design of this is awful.
