Internet Explorer

[Jerry Houston]

On Saturday 30 May 2009 04:35:21 am John wrote:
> Haneef Bashir wrote:
> > does anyone know of an extension and can add to firefox to make the
> > browser returns when queried to identify it as IE?
>
> I have two add-ons installed for this:
>
> IE Tab
> User Agent Switcher
>
> both are available on the Mozilla add-ons page.

I don't know about User Agent Switcher, but IE Tab does more than just report 
itself as IE.  

It actually runs the Microsoft web control (a DLL that's part of IE) in a tab 
on Firefox.  Thus, you actually ARE using IE, just in a Firefox frame.  And as 
such, other Firefox add-ins, like dejaclick, won't work with it.

I use it with Firefox on Windows computers to connect with my company's sites, 
which require IE (and use a lot of .NET).  It won't install on any Linux 
system, and would be useless if it did, since the IE DLL won't run there.

Microsoft browsers use nonstandard technologies that other browsers don't 
support.  I can't see much sense in modifying a browser to pretend it's 
another type, when it can't handle output intended (only) for that type.