“Enabling toolbars is just as important as disabling them. Of course Microsoft is making it easy for users not only to turn off add-ons in IE8, but also to re-enable them, at any time. More experienced users understood that any toolbar and add-on that runs in a browser will have an impact on browser startup time, new tab creation time, and navigation speed and they wanted an easier way to manage the set of add-ons that actually run,” Olivier added.
“Our IE7 user feedback showed that less experienced users had problems with hiding toolbars to free up browser screen real estate, or to get rid of a toolbar that they no longer wanted. Internet Explorer 7 made it difficult for all components of an add-on to be disabled simultaneously because of the way the tools-Toolbars menu was built, allowing users to just hide a specific toolbar, but not actually disable its code from running. While indeed managing to enhance the browser, add-ons and toolbars can also have a detrimental impact on overall performance. “All these user experience changes tested very well in our IE8 usability studies: Users were delighted to discover that they can now disable or enable exactly the right set of toolbars and add-ons – keeping them in control of their browser,” revealed Frank Olivier, program manager. The feature will allow end users to disable not only a specific add-on/toolbar, but also all the associated components.
The Close button, which is featured on the left of every toolbar, is designed to streamline access to the Disable Add-on dialog box. In comparison to Internet Explorer 7, IE8 puts end users back in control, allowing them to take advantage of management enhancements, including the Close button that accompanies IE add-ons. One of the aspects that evolved with the advent of Internet Explorer 8 was the way the browser allowed end users to handle various browser enhancements including toolbars and add-ons.
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