Compare Chrome extensions: IE Tab vs Open in IE™
Stats | IE Tab | Open in IE™ |
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User count | 6,000,000+ | 10,000+ |
Average rating | 4.32 | 2.94 |
Rating count | 19,083 | 17 |
Last updated | 2024-03-04 | 2022-11-03 |
Size | 950.27K | 40.31K |
Version | 17.3.3.1 | 0.1.4 |
Short description | |
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Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more. | Open links in IE (Internet Explorer) |
Full summary | |
IE Tab exactly emulates Internet Explorer, and enables you to load your web pages with different versions of IE (IE7 - IE11) FULLY SUPPORTED IN WINDOWS 11 AND AFTER INTERNET EXPLORER IS REMOVED IN FEBRUARY 2023. Please note that IE Tab for Windows does require the use of a separate executable, ietabhelper.exe. You can read more about that in the FAQ below. -- FEATURES --
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Open in IE™ addon gives you the ability to open any link in an Internet Explorer page from Chrome. Note 1: after installing the addon, you need to connect it with native applications (i.e. IE) on your machine. To make this connection, a separate patch is provided in GitHub. Please download and install this patch from: https://github.com/alexmarcoo/open-in-native-client/releases Follow the instruction on the above GitHub page to download and install the related patch to your system. After installing, the "Open in IE™" addon in your Chrome browser can communicate with IE on your Windows machine. Note 2: before using the addon, please open the option's page and make sure the path to IE is correct based on your Operating System. For example, the path to IE in Windows 10 is: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Next, please follow the below steps to open desired links in IE. a. Right-click on any link and then click on the Open link in IE (from the context-menu). b. You can choose to open the window in private (incognito) or normal mode (see the addon's options page). c. It captures the link from any text content within the page (i.e. for those links that are not hyperlinked). d. You can set the IE path in your machine from the options page. |