Internet Explorer Extension Tab for Firefox
For those of you who use Mozilla’s Firefox as their default browser, but are forced to use Internet Explorer (IE) occasionally, the IE Extension Tab is a pretty useful add-on.
Although this is a great tool for anyone who prefers Firefox as his/her default browser, it is especially great for Web developers because it allows them to see how their Web page is displayed in IE while they are in Firefox. Among other things, it will also allow you to manage Virtual Server 2005 in Firefox, which isn’t normally possible and you will be able to run Windows Update in Firefox.
This extension is derived from the famous extension IE View, but is not the same. While IE View always open IE-only pages in a separate Internet Explorer window, IE Tab can view them in a Mozilla/Firefox tab. Here are some of the features in the new version 1.0.9.
1. Support XP theme for form controls under Windows XP.
2. Supress annoying script errors.
3. Support saved passwords of IE.
4. Fix Shift+Delete (hotkey for cut)
5. Support IE windows with fixed size.
6. Support built-in popup blocker of Windows xp SP2
7. Support RegExp on Filterlist (use /YourRegExp/, prefix and postfix use “/”)
8. Build-in Stop-or-Reload (hidden pref, set “ietab.stop-or-reload” = true)
9. When right-click on icon to add a new URL, only picked up its domain.
10. Some minor bugs fixed.
Known Issues:
1. IE’s ActiveX enable/disable settings do NOT work
2. All popup windows open in a new IE Tab
3. Navigation history list does NOT work
4. SSL icon does NOT work
5. Site’s favicon does NOT work
I installed the IE tab, but I had problems with it. I was getting an illegal operation error. Also, I’m using Win98 SE. Maybe that’s the problem. So, I uninstall the extension. If you like the error here it is:
FIREFOX caused an invalid page fault in
module FIREFOX.EXE at 0167:0089067b.
Registers:
EAX=0089067b CS=0167 EIP=0089067b EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00ec6dc4 SS=016f ESP=00d9e5c4 EBP=00d9e5ec
ECX=603a5650 DS=016f ESI=00d9e628 FS=4e37
EDX=46000000 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
dd 02 10 00 dd 18 10 00 dd 00 a0 04 00 70 10 00
Stack dump:
60363c0d 00000000 00a589dc 00d9e628 603888de 0686b7a0 00000000 00a589dc 00d9e628 00df1658 00d9e620 6038902e 00ec6dc0 00b0ce54 00000000 00a589dc
Rose, Several of the add-ins have been updated. I would suggest you try installing the newest version of IE tab and make sure that you are using the latest version of Firefox. The latest version seems to handle extensions better.