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Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / General Topics / June 2008IE 7 startup and instant search text box focus
My computer and/or internet connection are a bit slow, so when I start Internet Explorer it takes a few seconds before it is completely ready. As soon as the IE window is available, but usually before it has completely loaded I often start typing a search term in the instant search box. I'm running IE 7.0.5730.11 on Windows XP, and Google.com is my homepage. I type pretty quickly. Often what happens is the first few letters of my search term show up in the instant search box, and then the focus changes to the homepage, and the last several letters show up in Google's text box. For example, if I type "triathlons" what I'd get is "tr" in the instant search box, and "athllons" in the Google search box (on the main page). Of course if I waited a second for the entire page to load this would not be a problem... but sometimes I'm in a hurry! My suggestion is as follows: If the user starts typing in the instant search box, do not change the focus when the home page completes loading. Thanks! You can't interfere with what IE needs to do in order to start, just like you can't get your CD to play before the disk spins up and the laser locates the first track, If you want your browser to start faster, do what I do: load a blank page instead of Google. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > My computer and/or internet connection are a bit slow, so when I start > Internet Explorer it takes a few seconds before it is completely ready. As [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general The time it takes for a new IE7 window AND/OR tab to fully load is entirely dependent on what and how many Add-ons have to load. Either be more patient or disable/uninstall some add-ons.  Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > My computer and/or internet connection are a bit slow, so when I start > Internet Explorer it takes a few seconds before it is completely ready. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Thanks for the responses. Being more patient and waiting for IE to fully load is a good workaround. I do think, however, that the IE development team could error-proof against this situation, and am making this as a suggestion here. If the program lets you start typing in the instant search box, it shouldn't jerk the cursor away from there no matter what's happening behind the scenes. I would think that it should either keep the cursor there, or not let you start typing in the first place until it's completely ready. I noticed that if I set my homepage to www.nytimes.com a similar situation occurs, except when the cursor focus is taken off the instant search box it doesn't go anywhere else. Perhaps that NYT page does not have a default text entry box set. I tried to see if this situation exists in Safari and Firefox. In both cases you can start typing as soon as the window is launched even if the home page is still loading. The focus is never shifted away from the search box. > The time it takes for a new IE7 window AND/OR tab to fully load is entirely > dependent on what and how many Add-ons have to load. Either be more patient [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Again, WYSIWYS: The speed with which an IE7 window or tab loads is entirely dependent on the number of enabled Add-ons. Mine is a very short list and it usually takes 3-4 seconds for a new window or tab to load here. YMMV. > Thanks for the responses. Being more patient and waiting for IE to fully > load is a good workaround. [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] >>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Hi Kevin, I completely agree with you. I find this behaviour frustrating indeed. Yes waiting for IE to finish initializing is desirable but I still find myself busy typing away into what I think is the search box as it allows me to select it because teh IE startup is so slow but only to find that after the init has finished, IE has stolen the focus away. Somehow this is odd to me. > My computer and/or internet connection are a bit slow, so when I start > Internet Explorer it takes a few seconds before it is completely ready. As [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general > Hi Kevin, > I completely agree with you. I find this behaviour frustrating indeed. > Yes waiting for IE to finish initializing is desirable but I still find > myself busy typing away into what I think is the search box IE7 has a search box now, accessed by Ctrl-e. Why not use it? > as it allows me to select it because teh IE startup is so slow > but only to find that after the init has finished, IE has stolen the focus away. > > Somehow this is odd to me. Not to me. Your typing and the rendering you set in motion are concurrent processes, so at the very least you should first attempt to Stop the rendering e.g. by pressing Esc, before starting your typing. However, since the rendering may consist of multiple steps, e.g. multiple frames for example, even pressing Esc once may not be enough. That's why it would be a much better idea to use the Search bar instead. >> My computer and/or internet connection are a bit slow, so when I start >> Internet Explorer it takes a few seconds before it is completely ready. As [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Hi, Thanks for the reponse. Yes I could use Ctrl-e however to me this misses the point as it is a workaround to what I believe is a UI useability problem. Others have also suggested waiting for IE to completely initialise. All very fair comments, however as with what Kevin has raised, the developers of IE could not allow a user to begin typing if IE is yet to complete it's initialising. Oh I also do not have any extra addins loaded other than that installed by default. > > Hi Kevin, > > I completely agree with you. I find this behaviour frustrating indeed. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccdf 81ff-d7dd-44bb-9480-9e2da5e601ad&dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general |
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