IE8 URL Address now greyed/grayed except xxx.com part

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Hi, new to IE8: after hitting return, the URL address gets turned to

grey/gray -all except the xxx.com (or yyy.net) part. This is really quite

irritating and has no benefit at all but I cannot find any option to stop it

happening.



How can I get IE8 to leave the URL address alone ie whole address left black ?



Thanks, gerryp777@hotmail.com
 
The feature is called "domain highlighting" and was actually a

much-requested improvement for IE 8.



By highlighting the actual domain to which your browser is being

directed, it's easier for users to spot a phish. Not foolproof, but

quite helpful.



One way phishers try to hook us is to use a long and complicated URL

that a user is more likely to click on, simply because they can't figure

out where their browser is actually going.



Just hover the mouse over the address bar and the URL will become

black. Or click in the address bar and it will stay black for as long as

you are displaying that web page.



Personally, I can think of much bigger things to get annoyed over.

---

Leonard Grey

Errare humanum est



GerryP777 wrote:

> Hi, new to IE8: after hitting return, the URL address gets turned to

> grey/gray -all except the xxx.com (or yyy.net) part. This is really quite

> irritating and has no benefit at all but I cannot find any option to stop it

> happening.

>

> How can I get IE8 to leave the URL address alone ie whole address left black ?

>

> Thanks, gerryp777@hotmail.com
 
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