{"id":841,"date":"2009-07-30T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T23:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/?p=841"},"modified":"2009-07-30T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T23:32:31","slug":"where-have-all-the-toolbars-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/where-have-all-the-toolbars-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All the Toolbars Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed Windows toolbar UI elements were disappearing a while ago. I think it started with the release of Internet Explorer 7, but was reminded of it again with the first preview shots of Firefox ver. 4.0 that came out last week. Is this now a trend? Have we seen the death of the standard windows toolbar? Where is my File, Edit, View menu?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-846\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-846\" title=\"Internet Explorer 7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie7.png\" alt=\"Internet Explorer 7\" width=\"470\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie7.png 470w, https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie7-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first to kill the toolbar was IE7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-848\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/office07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-848 \" title=\"Office 2007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/office07.png\" alt=\"Quickly on the heels of IE7 was Office 2007 and the &quot;ribbon&quot; interface.\" width=\"470\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/office07.png 470w, https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/office07-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">    Quickly on the heels of IE7 was Office 2007 and the &quot;ribbon&quot; interface.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-849\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSCS4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-849\" title=\"Adobe Photoshop CS4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSCS4.png\" alt=\"The Adobe CS4 Suite didn't kill the toolbar, the just bumped it up, removing the toolbar header.\" width=\"470\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSCS4.png 470w, https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSCS4-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Adobe CS4 Suite didn&#39;t kill the toolbar, the just bumped it up, removing the toolbar header.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-847\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-847\" title=\"Internet Explorer 8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie8.png\" alt=\"If IE7 doesn't have a toolbar, neither does IE8\" width=\"470\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie8.png 470w, https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ie8-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If IE7 doesn&#39;t have a toolbar, neither does IE8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/firefox4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-845\" title=\"Firefox 4 Preview\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/firefox4.png\" alt=\"The most recent to join the trend is this preview shot of Firefox 4.0\" width=\"470\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/firefox4.png 470w, https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/firefox4-300x127.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The most recent to join the trend is this preview shot of Firefox 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Is the familiar UI we&#8217;ve known for years evolving&#8230; for better or worse?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed Windows toolbar UI elements were disappearing a while ago. 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