Compare Chrome extensions: Save to Pocket vs IE Tab

Stats Save to Pocket Save to Pocket IE Tab IE Tab
User count 2,000,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.23 4.32
Rating count 7,795 19,094
Last updated 2022-11-07 2024-04-19
Size 364.54K 950.27K
Version 4.0.6 17.4.18.1
Short description
The easiest, fastest way to capture articles, videos, and more. Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
Full summary

Pocket’s Chrome extension is the easiest, fastest way to capture articles, videos, and anything else you find on the web. With one click, the content you’ve collected appears across all your devices in a clean, distraction-free space—there to read when you’re ready, whether at home, at work, or on the go. Pocket becomes a personal, quiet corner of the internet where you can spend quality time with the stories that matters to you.

SAVE CONTENT 3 DIFFERENT WAYS

  • Click the Pocket button in the toolbar
  • Or right-click a link and select “Save to Pocket”
  • Or use the keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows), Command+Shift+P (Mac)

A HOME FOR CONTENT YOU CARE ABOUT

  • Save anything that interests you—articles, images, videos, links—and absorb them when you're ready
  • Capture news from Buzzfeed, articles from The New York Times, stories from Flipboard, long reads from Washington Post, and recipes from Pinterest. You can save memes from Reddit, links from Twitter, and videos from YouTube
  • Read directly in Pocket, a calm, focused environment
  • Add tags to order, sort, and find stories in your Pocket

Get Pocket Premium to enjoy custom fonts, a permanent library, unlimited highlighting, and more. Even try listening to articles in Pocket when you're on the go. https://getpocket.com/premium

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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