Some websites, as we all know, are a big fan of IE (Internet Explorer) with one simple reason - most of the PCs come with it pre-installed and most companies don’t see a point in spending time installing another web browser and supporting it. However, some of the employees would probably prefer Firefox as they are used to the browser.

I for one, like it because of the extendability of the browser. However, almost my entire company’s corporate website works best in IE, so this drives me to a pinch - I don’t want to open lots of other windows and drive me nuts. Fine, I can always install those toolbars for IE or even upgrade to IE7. However, recent news is that my company bans all sort of toolbars due to security risk, and they do not support IE7 yet in case it causes problems.

(Not to mention some sites are so badly coded that it simply locks up Firefox upon load!)

So I’ve come to a solution : IETab!. See it in action:

You can also switch between Firefox or IE rendering engine by a simple click on the icon located on the right end of your Firefox’s status bar!:

and of course, you can permanently tell IETab to open certain sites in IE :D

This extension is very handy if you’re a web developer/designer too - you can test your web pages on the two browsers instantly :)

Links:
IETab Extension Page

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