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Get Your IE-Only Apps Working in Mozilla

Jul 27, 2005 3:34 PM
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That means you, Kearns, you MS fanboy!

And if Autotask did it, I'd never have to use IE, ever.

Not to name names or anything.


Comments: Get Your IE-Only Apps Working in Mozilla

I think I've commented on this before (or maybe posted about it in my journal?), but my recommended solution to this problem is SlimBrowser (http://www.flashpeak.com). It wraps around IE, giving it Firefox advantages (tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, skins, etc). But because it's built on IE, IE only sites will work. I swear by it at work, since I spend a lot of time using a vendor's environment which does not support Firefox and likely never will.

Posted by: Jay S on July 27, 2005 3:47 PM | permalink

Yeah, but there's so many other things I love about Firefox. The Webdeveloper toolbar, find-as-you-type, extensions, Greasemonkey.

No way I'd switch to something else, given the choice.

Unfortunately, our billing/time-tracking tool has all kinds of Active-X GUI magic.

I say, just write stuff that complies with standards and ditch the DHTML.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on July 27, 2005 3:51 PM | permalink

DHTML is nice. The only IE only stuff I have to deal with, is stuff written pre-mozilla. I always aim to have a cross browser experience, and for the most part it's rather easy.

However I rather dislike Mozilla. Slimbrowser gives me much more control over my tabbed browsing experience. (Mine are on the bottom and look like buttons, and EVERYTHING opens in a new tab, never a new window)

Posted by: Kearns on July 28, 2005 10:16 AM | permalink

Yeah, I use middle-click for that (opening everything in a tab).

My Moz./Firefox use has moved beyond tabbed browsing and pop-up blockign though.

The Adblock extension is another one I find indispensable.

And, of course, there's security.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on July 28, 2005 10:35 AM | permalink

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