Accelerator Spotlight

re: Accelerator Spotlight

Jan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:32:57 GMT

Please, why does the address bar remain in edit mode after the accelerator has been launched. The Launch Link and Google Maps plugin are just two examples. This is very annoying as I can't use zooming on google maps right away!!!

"Preview and Launch URL" accelerator now provides enhanced support for shortened URLs!

Jonathan Wong — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:58:44 GMT

The "Preview and Launch URL" accelerator now supports the expansion of shortened URLs directly from the preview window! This is convenient for users who want to know what is the real URL for a shortened URL before actually clicking on the link.

Currently supported URL shortening services include:

TinyURL, bit.ly, ping.fm, s3nt.com, cli.gs, twurl.nl, poprl.nl, budurl.com, xrl.us, is.gd, short.ie, kl.am, idek.net, sn.im, snipr.com, snipurl.com, snurl.com and tr.im.

Check it out!

re: Accelerator Spotlight

Jill E — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:21:10 GMT

I'm a total no-nothing when it comes to these add-ons but I know one thing: I've tried countless times to install Adobe Flashplayer 10 & EVERY time it puts up the msg "The instruction at Ox09cb0068 referenced memory at Ox09cb0068. Click OK to terminate the program or Cancel to debug. The memory could not be written." On investigation it states that a malfunctioning or malicious add-on has caused IE to close. I've disabled all the add-ons but it still won't install AF. Can I delete ALL add-ons and accelerators or will my system crash or blow-up?!

MSN Video IE Accelerator Tutorial

Giorgio Sardo Blog — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:13:19 GMT

You’ve probably already seen how Internet Explorer 8 Accelerators allow you to perform searches very

MSN and YouTube Video IE Accelerator Tutorial

Giorgio Sardo Blog — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:44:57 GMT

You’ve probably already seen how Internet Explorer 8 Accelerators allow you to search very quickly the

re: Accelerator Spotlight

anonymuos — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:34:13 GMT

I'm waiting for a "Web slices spotlight". Btw, Microsoft (MSN) India's weather web slice is dead 99% of the time even though MSN Weather is up.

re: Accelerator Spotlight

EricLaw [MSFT] — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:42 GMT

@Peter Nimmo: The "NoSearchBox" setting is carried over from IE7, if you had applied it there. We're not aware of any way by which this setting can get changed on its own.

If you're installing on XP with IE7 or pre-release IE8, there are two reboots: The first after IE7 or IE8beta is uninstalled, and the second after the final IE8 bits are installed. (On Vista, there is only one reboot).

The second reboot does occur without waiting for you to push a button or do anything similar, but because Windows does not actually log in and provide access to the shell (which would allow you to launch other tasks which would be disrupted by a reboot) such a prompt would result in unnecessary delays. This is particularly true in the event that you kick off the install and walk away after the initial reboot.

re: Accelerator Spotlight

Peter Nimmo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:16:46 GMT

Er, its my PC the network administrator is me. Well thankfully the .REG file has fixed it, but theres no way I would have turned it off I like the feature far too much.

As you say, the setup procedure does indeed once finished allow you to choose when it reboots as described on the last page of the setup.

It is after this initial reboot, that the spontaneous reboot happens. After the "Setting up Internet Explorer" messages that have appeared since the year dot when installing a new version of IE.

This is the third time it has happened after I installed each IE8 candidate. I looked in the NT event logs and there where no red error messages around the time of the reboot.

re: Accelerator Spotlight

PatriotB — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:44:00 GMT

@sonicdoommario -- this ought to explain why the Encarta accelerator disappeared:

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsoft-to-kill-encarta-later-this-year.ars

re: Accelerator Spotlight

hAl — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:56:23 GMT

@EricLaw

[quote]The www.ieaddons.com site is a relatively new site offering IE Addons, but not all are listed there[/quote]

Actually most addons seem to have been removed from the site since two years ago