The only reason why I do not want to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 is due to the awful layout. I have been so used to the "standard" IE navigation that I can navigate with my eyes closed. For them to change it and not give you the option to arrange the menu is just stupid. I did a google search and couldn't find anything, so I wanted to ask if there a way to make IE7 have the same skin as the previous versions? Yeah I use FireFox too for those of you who will reply for me to switch to FireFox or Chrome, but I only use those for programming and not browsing. Thanks.

Why do you say you can't rearrange. I use Firefox primarily but recently had issues with Windows update and decided to install IE7. I haven't played with it much but it appears to be more customizable than IE6. I think you should look around more at the options. I am not going to preach to you but I am curious as to why you prefer IE6 over FF. Are you using FF3? I had IE6 customized extensively but still find FF3 more flexible. FF2 sucked IMO.

IMO, IE7 is a huge improvement over IE6. If you don't like it, don't use it...simple as that.

Yes, I want to use IE7 over IE6, however I didn't see an option to rerrange some of the buttons since I believe the ones I want to move cannot be moved. Now you have to drag your mouse across the screen to go to commonly used functions whereas every other browser and older versions of IE all had the back/forth and other buttons next to each other. That one thing alone is a deal breaker for me, so that is why I asked if there is a skin that allows that and I would be happy with IE7. To answer your question, I use FF3 and I like it for programming so I can keep my Cpanel, site, and phpmyadmin open in tabs for easy access during testing. I also like the security, however FF feels stiff, makes most sites look extremely ugly that are not coded in Web 2.0 as they like to call it, and it is slower. I do not care what anyone says, IE is extremely fast on my PC and I like how you can add windows folders to IE bookmarks and open local files on your PC as if they were websites. Plus all of those tabs and objects in FireFox takes up about 20% of the screen so I have to do more scrolling to view a site due to all of the space that it takes up. Minor annoyances that IE doesn't have so I prefer IE. The only bad thing about IE is the security but that is why I have Spywareblaster and other programs to help prevent those problems.

I am not sure if this is what you want, but in IE 7 clicking on tools then toolbars and then customize gives you the option to add, delete, and move the buttons. I think you are then able to put whatever buttons next to each other.

There is no toolbar option under the Tools menu in IE7. You can reposition add-on buttons on the right-hand side of the navigation bar, but you can't move Home, Refresh, Stop, etc around. I've never understood why MS rearranged things for us in XP, and I've never understood why the rearranged things in IE7. At least XP gave us the option to put items back on the desktop and return to the "traditional" Start Menu. Why would anyone want their browser navigation buttons spread out in three different locations? Why is the menu bar between navigation buttons and the tabs, instead of on top where menu bars belong? I've been waiting since IE7 was first released, and every patch and update disappoints me with no solution to this problem. In fact, the release candidate and the very first official release had more customization than later, patched versions of IE7. The complete lack of skin support is equally annoying. I don't like having to use Four different browsers because they all render pages differently and behave differently. Flash videos don't always play right in FF2 or 3, and streaming Windows Media Audio radio broadcasts in Opera are a nightmare. I don't care much for MSIE, but ActiveX and Windows/Microsoft Update are a fact of life. IETab doesn't work as well as IE for Microsoft-Centric coding, and MS has a real loser for a browser. Tabs are nice, but losing functionality to get them is just stupid.

If you place a separator bar in the correct place you can do whatever you want with any buttons. Effectively creating your own toolbar. I think you just need to play with IE7 a little more. Be sure to lock the toolbars when finished.