Skippy Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) I've got an icon up top where the back, forward, stop refresh, etc. icons are. It is all the way to the right and when I put my mouse over top of it 'Discuss' is what pops up. It is what looks to me to be a yellow sheet of paper. What the hell is this? Further more, when I click it this is what happens: A little blank area cuts off the bottom third of my window with "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..." Againg, what the hell is this? Edited January 29, 2007 by Skippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegiebo Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Dunno. Never noticed it until you pointed it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I've got an icon up top where the back, forward, stop refresh, etc. icons are. It is all the way to the right and when I put my mouse over top of it 'Discuss' is what pops up. It is what looks to me to be a yellow sheet of paper. What the hell is this? Further more, when I click it this is what happens: A little blank area cuts off the bottom third of my window with "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..." Againg, what the hell is this? Looks like a built-in IM or something. It opens a horizontal frame in the main window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I've got an icon up top where the back, forward, stop refresh, etc. icons are. It is all the way to the right and when I put my mouse over top of it 'Discuss' is what pops up. It is what looks to me to be a yellow sheet of paper. What the hell is this? Further more, when I click it this is what happens: A little blank area cuts off the bottom third of my window with "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..." Againg, what the hell is this? www.getfirefox.com http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have firefox and use it a lot but there are still some sites that I need to use I.E. One is for my work email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have my toolbar customized, so I had to look at the menu to see what was available and sure enough, there's a little yellow paper thingy that says 'discuss' in there. No idea what it's for though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I just d/l'd 7.0 the other day, and I don't see a discuss icon! I see 2 icons on the left (Back/forward) and then the URL box, and then the search box w/ a "stop" in between! I tried to customize but that's not an option! What am I missing? FWIW I have no need to use 7.0 anyway. But I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I just d/l'd 7.0 the other day, and I don't see a discuss icon! I see 2 icons on the left (Back/forward) and then the URL box, and then the search box w/ a "stop" in between! I tried to customize but that's not an option! What am I missing? FWIW I have no need to use 7.0 anyway. But I'm curious. You can right click in that top bar and select something about toolbars, and choose to view the menu bar. That'll get back some familiar options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have the new Explorer and don't see what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have the new Explorer and don't see what you are talking about. Odd. The little yellow Discuss thingy isn't on IE7. I have that at home but at work we're on IE6 and it's on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Here is what I found. Q: Does the "Discuss" icon on the toolbar actually see a lot of use? Or is it wasted space? A: Hi Maurits. The Discuss icon is added by office and is not part of IE. I'd have to ask the office team how many use the discussion servers if they see much use. In other words the discuss icon comes from Microsoft Office on your computer not from I.E. Edited January 31, 2007 by jackshi17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Odd. The little yellow Discuss thingy isn't on IE7. I have that at home but at work we're on IE6 and it's on that. That's what I was saying earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have firefox and use it a lot but there are still some sites that I need to use I.E. One is for my work email. There is a FF extension that allows you to click on a little FF icon on the lower right hand corner of the browser which will automatically switch between the browsers. If you need/want to switch back to FF just click the icon again (it will now be an IE icon) and it'll go back to FF. I believe the extension is called the IE Tab. Just Found a Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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