- IE Tab
Infobox Software
name = IE Tab
caption = Changing between IE and Firefox Rendering engines.
developer = PCMan (Hong Jen Yee), yuoo2k
released = ?
latest release version = [http://downloads.mozdev.org/ietab/ietab-1.3.3.20070528-fx+fl+mz-windows.xpi 1.3.3.20070528]
latest release date = release date|2007|5|28
latest preview version = [https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/1419 1.5.20080310] (Firefox 3 only)
latest preview date = release date|2008|03|10
operating system =Microsoft Windows (Linux withg
genre =Developer Tools
license = GPL
website = [http://ietab.mozdev.org ietab.mozdev.org]IE Tab is an extension for the
Mozilla Firefox , Flock andSeaMonkey web browsers. IE Tab allows users to view pages using theInternet Explorer rendering engine from within Firefox. This may be useful for viewing pages that only work in Internet Explorer (e.g.Windows Update ) without exiting Firefox. Pages viewed through the IE Tab extension will be recorded in Internet Explorer's history,cache , and so on, as if they had been viewed directly in Internet Explorer. It appears to function by calling the installed version of Internet Explorer on the user's computer, and then running the output within a tab in Firefox.Or|date=September 2007The extension has become popular among
web developer s, since they can display and compare their websites in the two browsers simultaneously.IE Tab will install on computers running
Linux orMac OS , but will only show a blank screen with the URL undefined.Or|date=September 2007 However, the Windows version of Firefox installed on Linux with Wine will successfully run IE Tab.Brief history
IE Tab was originally conceived by a
Taiwan ese medical student, [http://pcman.sayya.org/ Hong Jen Yee] , afree software enthusiast known asPCMan on the internet. He first developed theplugin and provided a simple demo page, and then released it to the forum of [http://moztw.org/ Taiwan Mozilla community] . It caught the attention of three other TaiwaneseFirefox extension developers, known online as yuoo2k, dexter, and softcup. They created an extension to facilitate the use of that plugin. The developers then started to work together. With some instructions forXPCOM usage from Australian Mozilla developer Christian Biesinger, they finally integrated the plugin and the extension successfully, and formed the prototype of IE Tab. After its release onmozdev.org and theMozillaZine forum, the tool became quite popular.Current status
The original developer, [http://pcman.sayya.org/ Hong Jen Yee] , quit the project in early 2006 due to personal reasons. The project is still under development by yuoo2k.
External links
* [http://ietab.mozdev.org/index.html Official homepage]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/ Mozilla Addons Page]
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