I’ve been a very bad netizen recently and haven’t posted in ages, but I’ve got a goodun today
I had the opportunity to use Internet Explorer 7 on windows the other week thanks to microsoft bundling it with my dad’s laptop
It was slightly reassuring to read that Microsoft like to produce apps that violate whatever HID they must have
I am of course referring to Apple’s Brushed Metal window design in the Finder which I still believe must violate it’s own HID guidlines

Anyway, back to M$ bashing – IE7 – nasty, mostly because of what it does with the menubar
OK, i’ve always hated how in windows the menubar goes with the app and the window – why? Apple’s method of having a static menubar at the top of the screen that doesn’t move makes so much more sense.
IE7 does the most ridiculous thing of all, it moves the menubar below the address bar and makes the address bar part of the window and immovable
Compare with IE6 where you could move the address bar where you wanted and if you liked you could move the menu bar below it, but nobody really did it.

Have a look for yourself:

There are a plethora of hacks that describe how to do a registry hack to bring the menubar to the top again. The downside of this is that it results in the address bar being at the bottom of any other toolbars you might have below the menubar. Here’s an example of a blog entry which describes how to make the change. Remember Regedit is a dangerous tool and shouldn’t be used lightly