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Compare Chrome extensions: Highlight it vs IE Tab

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Stats Highlight it Highlight it IE Tab IE Tab
User count 1,812,175+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.50 4.32
Rating count 34 19,093
Last updated 2020-07-07 2024-04-19
Size 156.67K 950.27K
Version 1.6.0 17.4.18.1
Short description
Annotate the Web with highlight tool Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
Full summary

Highlight it - is a tool that allows you to annotate parts on any page with color backgrounds. Use one of 24 beautiful color presets.

How to use

  • You should refresh pages before usage if you just installed the extension
  • Highlight it won’t work on chrome internal pages, Chrome Webstore pages. (Restricted by security policy of Google Chrome)

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 --

  • Create a list of URLs that will automatically open in IE Tab

  • Group Policy support for enterprise deployments

  • Securely use the old IE rendering engine

  • Edit Sharepoint documents instead of opening read-only

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