Landscape mode thwarts Internet Explorer

Granted, the main task of the Internet Explorer is to facilitate browsing. Occasionally though, you might feel the urge to enter a URL manually or access favorites. Internet Explorer in Windows Phone will allow you to do so, but only in portrait mode. When you switch to landscape mode, the address bar disappears, and so does the menu bar. As of today, I failed to find any way to have IE display either of the two during landscape browsing. This means turning the phone into portrait mode each time you want to enter a URL, access or store favorites, or switch between tabs. Please, Microsoft, spare my wrists and provide IE with a full-fledged landscape mode.