Resolved Make IE8 Search Work like IE6 Search

Just installed IE 8, mainly because I had to.

Is there anyway to make the search function work like it did in IE6 -- i.e., with a search box and list of results displayed in a panel on the left side of the page, and the web page of whichever search result you click on displayed on the right panel of the page?

I liked that feature of IE 6 -- in fact, it's the main reason I resisted upgrading to IE7 or 8. It enables you to see an individual search result while still having in front of you the whole list of possible search results.

Thanks.

 

Thanks, Pete. Are there any downsides to the Google Toolbar?

I'm just cautious because everyone wants you to install their toolbar it seems.

 

Thanks, Pete. And if I could trouble you with one more question, Why do the links on my home page now open in a new window (with or without a new tab)?

In IE6, links opened sequentially, and the back and forward buttons would move me back and forth respectively. Now I have to close IE -- actually just that page -- to go back to my home page, which is a news aggregation site. I looked in options, advanced, for the old "open links in a new window" button, but it wasn't there to uncheck.

Maybe it's just something I have to get used to, but after so many years my brain is hardwired to the old routine.

 

Actually, I'm trying to open links from the home page in the same window (no new tab, no new window), so that hitting the back button gets me back to the home page.

Is that no longer possible in IE?

 

My tab settings don't look exactly like yours, but that last one is checked -- and still it doesn't work. Clicking a link on my home page opens in a new window/tab.

I just downloaded IE8 from windows update this morning, although I decided against getting the updates during install (I didn't want to wait to have it go through my PC looking for malicious software).

 

Try this: Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab, scroll down to the "Browsing" section and put a check mark in the box next to "Re-use windows for launching shortcuts (when tabbed browsing is off).

Tab browsing is turned off under Tools>Internet Options>General Tab, Tabs>Settings.

That's how my IE8 is set up and it re-uses the existing window when a link is clicked on.

 

Ooops never mind! Dumb dumb ... the problem was in the home page, not the browser.

My apologies. But your advice was helpful anyway in turning off tabs.

 

How many years have you been solving problems for me, Pete?

More than a few, I think. Thanks again.