Personalize IE8 through Services

IE8 Installation: the User is in Control

IEBlog — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:21:47 GMT

As a follow-up to my prior blog post about Automatic Update/Windows Update distribution that began gradually

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

Vester — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:33:45 GMT

The personalized menus feature was the only real reason why I still used iE7. After installation of IE8 I was shocked to find out that this feature had been removed.

No reason to stick to Microsoft anymore.

Shame.

Optional: Internet Explorer 8 für Windows XP - 19.03.09

patch-info.de — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:38:11 GMT

Kurzbeschreibung: Finalversion des Windows Internet Explorer 8 (kurz: IE8) für Windows XP. Der IE8 ist die Internet Explorer-Version von Microsoft, welche bislang Web-Standards in der Voreinstellung am besten unterstützt. Dessen Installation ist somit

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

israel websites — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:35:57 GMT

In general I enjoy surfing IE8 due to a lot of new features. But my Antivirus (McAfee) kepts telling me different messages every time I use it.

re: Where's the Personalized Favorites Menu gone?

Ottmar Freudenberger — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:42:53 GMT

@Eric

I won't shoot the messenger here. While I would like to know, which "other problems" there were with the option/feature, thanks for your replies.

Nice weekend

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

EricLaw [MSFT] — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:05:53 GMT

@Heather: Internet Explorer 8 includes its own antiphishing/antimalware feature called "SmartScreen Filter." It sounds like Norton's feature (which works in a similar way) is not yet compatible with the new version of IE. Sometimes, 3rd parties will wait until the browser is released before making updates for compatibility. You should ask the Norton team when they will have an IE8 compatible update.

@Ottmar: I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The Personalized Menus feature was never very popular (little comfort to anyone who did like it, I'm afraid) and unfortunately the code was not compatible with Protected Mode introduced in IE7 on Vista. There were other problems with the feature that necessitated its removal early in IE8.

Where's the Personalized Favorites Menu gone?

Ottmar Freudenberger — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:26:25 GMT

@Eric

Thanks for the digging while I still find it sad seeing the option/functionality beeing removed in IE8. The Adress Bar (which I personally found to be overloaded like in Fx 3.x by default) with functions I've never missed or will most likely never need.

Could you please elaborate on *why* the Personal Favorites Menu function has been removed in IE8?

TIA - Freudi

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

Heather — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:34:20 GMT

Installed IE8 and now my norton kepts telling me that my browser is not set to detect fraudulent Web sites or to authenticate genuine Web sites. How do I fix my browser to do this as I didn't have this problem with IE7

Help

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

FremyCompany — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:55:51 GMT

An example of how useful can be some personalized accelerators :

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http://blogs.developpeur.org/fremycompany/archive/2009/02/05/ie-les-acc-l-rateurs-d-ie-8-utiles.aspx

re: Personalize IE8 through Services

EricLaw [MSFT] — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:34:12 GMT

@Ottmar: I've confirmed that IE8 does not have the code for the personalized menus feature. Fortunately, the enhanced Smart Address Bar offers search of your favorites (as well as personalized relevancy logic) that makes it easier to find whatever favorite you're looking for.