On 18 April 2011 09:56, George Bell <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why do Microsoft insist on such major changes in terms of appearance > for example. For example, Favourites is now a stupid start top right > which took me a while to find. And now of course the list comes up on > the right of the screen and not the left. So you just go to "view > toolbars > menu bar" and the menu is back. Also, most VI users I've worked with tend to use keyboard shortcuts, and alt-a brings up the bookmarks bar, as before, in the same place. > They did the same with Office 2007 Definitely agree - I can't stand the office ribbon, but IE9 doesn't have that. > Also, all too many web sites are not really IE9 ready. However, at > least what I call "simple" sites are less of a problem, but > nevertheless some I need to use, like my for Mio/Navman GPS, are > appauling on IE9. I assume you mean http://eu.mio.com/en_gb/ - I can't find any problem with it. The HTML and CSS specifications which IE now complies with have been around since 2002 - if people are writing poor websites, that's entirely the fault of the website not the browser. There's no such things as "IE9 ready" - websites should be designed to standards, not browsers. > To be blunt, my own view is that IE9 sucks. Thank goodness for the internet you're not a designer! :) ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq