IE11 is out - change in behaviour in Theatre Mode (F11)

We have some public display content (basically web-based slideshows on 42" screens around the building) that use Internet Explorer on Windows 7 in kiosk mode to render the content. And now IE11 for Win7 is out, so I figured I should test that out.

PS. The system was originally deployed with IE9, and the upgrade to IE10 caused no issues, and tests in IE11 show no rendering issues either.

However, when during the production cycle, to test content before deploying it I use IE in 'theatre mode' (F11) where the browser goes full-screen and the toolbars, window borders, etc are all hidden in order to have the same visual experience (on a monitor with t he same 1080p resolutions).

This is something I do often - and noticed that the behaviour in that mode has changed from IE10 to IE11: it used to be if you moved the mouse to the top edge of the screen the address bar etc will become visible, and then if you moved the mouse back down they will hide again.

No longer, now you have to right-click. Then it doesn't go away unless you exit F11 & then activate it again.

Anyone else seeing that? I haven't had a chance to test on multiple machines yet, so this may be some local oddity vs. a deliberate change in application behaviour.

Quick Byte: Script to set the homepage in IE

Quick Byte: VBScript to set the homepage in IE, possibly useful to set a standard setup for a corporate desktop, assuming you didn't have a better option like a GPO.

Dim WshShell

Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")

WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page", "http://parmedx.appspot.com", "REG_SZ"     


Set WshShell = Nothing
 

Quick Byte: Select all column names in a table

Quick Byte: T-SQL query to select all the field/column names from a given table:

Select COLUMN_NAME -- or Select * for all column attributes (ie data_type, default_value, ...)
From INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
Where TABLE_NAME = 'TableName'
Order By ORDINAL_POSITION

Applies to SQL Server.