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Internet Explorer HTTP Watch

HTTP Watch is a HTTP monitoring plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer that can give a detailed information about a website or application that is loading in the browser. The main reasons for using an application like HTTP Watch are troubleshooting, performance tuning and security checks. It’s mostly useful for webmasters but regular users might find a reason or two to use the software as well, especially when security is a factor.

The main interface reminds of the Firefox Firebug extension which uses a similar interface to display various information. HTTP Watch for Internet Explorer is no where near complex than Firebug. One of its main features is that it displays all connections and files that are transferred when a website or application is loaded in Internet Explorer.

It displays the overall time it takes to load a website and the loading time of each element of the website individually. Webmasters can use those information to optimize the loading time of their websites.

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Results can be filtered, saved or printed for further analysis. The Internet Explorer plugin provides access to several additional features like status codes, performance reports and options to clear the system cache and cookies.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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  1. Anton says:

    Imho, some normal sniffers are better :).

  2. RoyMiller says:

    You can also monitor and test your http request and http response using this free send http tool:
    http://soft-net.net/SendHTTPTool.aspx

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