Huh. I was wondering about this for months, before I finally looked the problem up.
SYMPTOMS
When you open a new instance of Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) by using the keyboard shortcut (CTRL+N) or the New Window command on the File menu, the Status Bar is not displayed in the new browser window.
Yup. And it’s been driving me crazy. Especially since any windows spawned off of that one, by any means, also lack it. And if that’s the last window you close, then when you next start IE, the windows still don’t have it.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, click Status Bar on the View menu.
Well, duh. But how does it happen? How do I stop it? What’s the fix, the patch, the solution>
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Which is basically the entire IE6 product line.
Thanks much for that helpful advice. Especially since the problem was “last reviewed” over a year ago.
Jerks.
Which is one tiny example of why I’m using (and seriously considering paying for) Opera at home, and using Thunderbird email for my home email account both at work and at home.
Here’s a couple of possible fixes:
http://www.rlbeaver.com/archives/000009.html
I used the Windows Explorer way and it worked for me. Hope this helps.
Adam, thanks. I’ll try that … as soon as I have “only one IE window open.” It’s already too late this morning.
Doyce, alas, IE seems to be the required standard at the office (damn IT people), but I’ve given some thought to Thunderbird, at least. Problem is, I’m not *that* dissatisfied with OE (no, really) at the moment. Maybe I’ll take a gander at your setup next time we make it over.
Try SlimBrowser, Dave. We’re both on it over here and it’s an excellent tabbed window browser. It uses the IE engine but has a lot more built into it, plus, the Google bar is finally usable in it.
Hmmmmm.
Like Doyce, it’s why I use Opera at home. Haven’t paid for it yet, but I likely will by the end of the year.
That, and tabbed browsing. It’s the only way to browse. Not a ton of windows opened up that you can easily tell what’s in ’em, as they all begin with Microsoft Internet Explorer. You just have one instance, and a bunch of tabs.
I use Camino at work, but it has keeping cookie issues. I may end up bailing on it (wails!!) and just start using Safari regularly. With tabbed browsing, of course.
The tabbed browsing thing certainly has a certain appeal to it.
I don’t know how I ever lived without tabbed browsing.
Well, I downloaded Opera, played with it for 15 minutes, and didn’t feel warm and fuzzy.
I downloaded SlimBrowser, and am feeling much more comfortable with it. And, yes, I can see the appeal of tabbed browing. (The search bar is pretty cool, too; I had to screw around with it to get it to search IMDB and Amazon, like Nutshell does, but I think I got that working.
Interesting.
Now if I could just get IESpell to work with it …
The answer to which was (duh) reinstall it.
Now I just need to figure out how to do the in-line posting (the little MT Java thing that generates a post out of the page you’re on).