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In Win98SE days, I setup a PC for my parents to use. It was their first computer, and I personalized it the way I setup mine: enable view extensions and path bar in Explorer, remove the Go button in IE, and so on.

Then I got a call from my Mom: "I typed in the web address, now what do I do?"

To me, it was obvious: hit Enter. But MS had done their A/B testing, and that Go button was for the beginning user.

For the OP to assume that everyone is as adept as they are is folly. As another user lamented, sometimes you have to rub the user's nose in it for them to know they can click something.

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