Submission details
Ability to hide chrome in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer's top section takes up too much room for modern web-based applications on wide-screen monitors. Google Chrome gets it right with the ability to remove all Chrome and use the browser like an application.
Implement a 'collapse' button which hides the unnecessary fluff of the browser to make space for browser based applications like the upcoming Office Web Applications.
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Discussion (10 comments)
Changed title from [Ability to hide chrome i nIE] to [Ability to hide chrome in Internet Explorer].
Assigned to categories: "Aesthetics"
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F11 should prop it to full-screen mode... not exactly perfect, but it hides the chrome at the top...
I was going to add - full screen mode...
This is a very good idea.
Maybe this mode should be triggerable by applications with a certain meta-tag (and of course... turned on/off by user)
Re: Full screen - It hides the chrome, but it's not very friendly when you're using a web app with other windows.
Joe - That would be great, provided the user explicitly trusted the application - you wouldn't want malicious replacement of the navigation functions - that could lead to all sorts of havoc
Also, I think it would be cool if a meta tag, or perhaps this full screen mode, could disable the navigation clicking noise the browser makes, because the noise is not applicable in many cases where you're trying to make things look like an application.
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If you look at how ie handles popups, you'll realize that it doesn't let you hide the address bar, or status bar anymore, this is a good thing for security.. the popup window version of ie is more minimal. I'm not so sure this is useful for a user to activate, but more something useful for site builders to use.. and then you are getting into a huge bag of security, policy, standards etc etc.
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I know you can do this in Office; try double clicking on any of the tab headers. Does that work?
Excellent suggestion and excellent mockup screenshot
Sample mockup:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/3067112214_9b87988584_b.jpg
I think if it had the orb, that might also be a good idea ... maybe the favorites integrated into there, but I'm not sure. On the one hand, its an extra mouse-motion; on the other hand, its cleaner.
It's called Kiosk Mode and has been in IE since the 90s.
Nope, it hasn't. Kiosk mode can't operate in a window - only in full screen. That makes it useless for web apps.
alirobe wrote on October 29, 2008, 3:43am
Changed title from [Transparent windows that work right] to [Ability to hide chrome i nIE].
Assigned to categories: "Annoyance", "Usability"
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