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| Thread ID: 122220 | 2011-12-08 10:01:00 | Search Favourites In IE 9? | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 1247777 | 2011-12-08 10:01:00 | Ok call me thick but I use Firefox exclusively - so I'm setting up IE 9 on my daughters new laptop and added a thousand favourites just to help. In FF I can search the Bookmarks very easily but I'm blessed if I can find a similar function in IE 9. Google is no help - everything is about organising or shortcuts. I guess while I am at it, are there useful addons for IE 9? |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1247778 | 2011-12-08 10:24:00 | Your daughter wants to use Firefox. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1247779 | 2011-12-08 10:30:00 | Yeah yeah I know mate but she's a gurl! My son like FF - except the devil installed Chrome when I wasn't looking. :D The girls don't care. I suppose I could train her but I suspect her friends either use IE or have Apple machines of which I know nothing. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1247780 | 2011-12-08 10:50:00 | Perhaps this may help. www.theexceladdict.com |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1247781 | 2011-12-08 19:20:00 | Hi, you can search Favourites by typing in the address bar ... Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > AutoComplete Settings button Select "Favorites" Now the address bar will search Favourites. I'm not sure whether it's the default setting, but it was already enabled on my computer. cheers W |
waldok (15185) | ||
| 1247782 | 2011-12-08 22:28:00 | Soon as IE9 gets speed dial similar to Opera probably would be acceptable Just went through this last night with someone's new laptop,they wanted to know how IE9 worked,as a Opera user since 6.3 build found it bloody frustrating Seems they are still catching up |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1247783 | 2011-12-09 06:27:00 | I'm not a heavy Opera user but I think pinned sites serve basically the same purpose of easy access to your favourite sites, just load a site you want to pin, drag its tab down to the Taskbar and it the site gets a dedicated icon and IE session (and jump-list and updates if supported by the website). Back to the OP question about add-ons, I keep them to a minimum. I'd recommend looking at adding a tracking protection list (ie.microsoft.com) (I use the EasyList one, the same list that's used in AdBlock Plus), and if you want spell checking you can use Speckie (www.speckie.com). cheers W |
waldok (15185) | ||
| 1247784 | 2011-12-09 09:06:00 | Thanks Team, I've found the best way to find and edit IE Favourites is to search through the Start search box. An awfully clumsy method but nothing else I tried allowed editing and tidying up. Opera and Firefox seem to be much more user-friendly despite the developments of IE. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1247785 | 2011-12-09 09:33:00 | I've found the best way to find and edit IE Favourites is to search through the Start search box Naaarrrrrrrr Thats slow and very inaccurate --- If you want to 'tidy them up, or rename, theres an easy way to do it, and its through the folder search that you are working in, why search the Whole PC from the start menu search. Open the user folder (persons name) , generally on the desktop or via the start menu / windows explorer , Double click the Favorites folder, to the top right, in the search window type in what or part word you are looking for, that will display results relating to that search, then you can delete, rename, do what ever you want. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1247786 | 2011-12-09 10:39:00 | Favorites folder ... search window ... delete, rename, do what ever you want. Heh, I never thought of doing it that way! But of course it's just another folder of links. Great tip. cheers W |
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