IE vs Fitts' Law


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Ok, as of yet I've found no solution to this problem, or rather, this annoyance. It does pose a problem from a usability standpoint however, so if someone has a solution, feel free to share.

Thing is, since the days of IE3, at least, IE has had an annoying, two pixel wide border around the browser. I'm kind of amazed that it's still around even in IE7. Not only is it ugly, but as I said, it also hinders the "Fitts' Law" effect. Reproducing the problem is simple. Maximize the browser window, and move the cursor all the way to the right. You won't be able to use the scroll bar, something that's possible in pretty much all other XP programs.

If anyone knows a way to remove this border, please tell me. Knowing Microsoft, there's no way to remove/reduce the border to 0 pixels through the registry or anything like that, but one can hope... right?

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wow i never noticed that before.. i could see that being quite annoying if you are used to the scroll bar over a scroll mouse.. glad i use firefox (not to say i dislike IE tho, i just prefer ffox personally) :)

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The border belongs to the BODY+HTML element of the website that is currently being viewed. You can remove it by overriding the default CSS of the website by using the "User style sheet" option. Here's how:

  1. Create a text file with the following contents and give it a ".css" extension:
    html, body {border:0 !important}


  2. In IE, go into Tools -> Internet Options ->General -> Accessibility -> User style sheet
  3. then check the checkbox for "Format documents using my style sheet" and select the css file you created earlier.
  4. Restart IE.

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Duuuuude! That worked! (^o^) At first I thought something had gone wrong, since I tried it out on MSN.com, but once I navigated away from that site, it started working! Much thanks!

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