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Filed under: Utilities, Browsers

Coral IE Tab: the best way to view IE-only sites in Firefox

If you're a Firefox fan who frequently has to use sites that only display properly in Internet Explorer, don't despair. Coral IE Tab lets you do it without running two browsers at once. It's a modified version of the popular IE Tab add-on, with a couple of important features added on. Like IE Tab, it displays pages as if you were using Internet Explorer, but it also saves your cookies and works with the Adblock Plus add-on.

In Coral IE Tab's settings, you can assign preferences to individual sites, so you don't have to manually switch to IE whenever you visit an offending page. If you're already running IE Tab, Coral IE Tab can import its settings (you should disable it afterward to avoid any conflicts). I hope that we can leave IE-only sites behind sooner rather than later but, until that time, an add-on beats running an entire second browser.

[via instantfundas]


Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Blogging, Productivity, Freeware, Browser Tips

Optool, a smart browser switcher - Today's Browser Tip

In today's day and age of multiple viable browsers, it can be a minor annoyance to have to copy and paste URLs from one browser window to another to move a page from, say, Opera to Firefox. Or IE to Netcaptor. Or Maxthon to Firefox. You get the picture.

For many, simply having the option of rendering a page with the IE engine as an alternative to Firefox is all you need; in that case give the IE Tab Firefox extension a whirl. It can render a page using IE right in a tab in Firefox. Very cool.

But for those with more challenging multiple browser scenarios, Optool is the solution. With the tap of a hot-key, or an ingenious long right-click, a page can be moved from one browser to another with no fuss, no muss. Out of the box, Optool supports and can automatically detect Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer (multiple installations), Netcaptor, and Netscape. And if that's not quite enough for you (hey, where's Maxthon?!) you can manually configure additional browsers.

Optool is not quite free, although it's close. If you find you use it regularly, the author of Optool requests that you send him a postcard from your location. Hey, that's not too much to ask, right?

[via Chris Pirillo]

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Microsoft, Mozilla, Freeware, Browser Tips

IE Tab - Today's Browser Tip

IE
Tab for FirefoxFor whatever reason, it's sometimes necessary to view a web site in Internet Explorer. Except, now it's not. IE Tab is an extension for Firefox that creates tabs in Firefox that are rendered by Internet Explorer, which means that any IE-specific scripts and plugins will work, right inside Firefox. Of course, that means security flaws will, too, but if you only use it when absolutely necessary that won't be a problem. IE Tab even lets you use Windows Update within a Firefox tab.

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