Microsoft has released a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 7 and 8 that fixes several critical vulnerabilities in the web browser. It is recommended to update Internet Explorer as soon as possible to fix those vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities are rated critical for Internet Explorer versions running under Windows XP or Windows Vista and moderate [...]
Internet Explorer Runonce Loop
Internet Explorer’s Runonce page can cause some of the most annoying problems for Internet users. It was designed to give users the chance to configure some of the settings after the first start of Internet Explorer. It is basically a form that has to be completed so that the Runonce page will not be displayed [...]
Internet Explorer Sessions
Working on multiple computers or on several days on one computer makes the use of sessions useful. The Internet Explorer Sessions extensions IE Sessions (via IESessions: save and retrieve your sessions on Internet Explorer ) adds that capability to Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is always up to the software developer what a session really consists [...]
Use Multiple Internet Explorer Versions Simultaneously
Webmasters never know what they are up to when testing websites in various versions of Internet Explorer. It might look fine in Internet Explorer 6 but Internet Explorer 8 might break it. It is therefor of uttermost importance to test a website in different versions of Internet Explorer before releasing it to the public.
The [...]
Fix Slow Internet Explorer 7 Phishing Filter Response Times
Microsoft introduced a phishing filter in Internet Explorer 7 which checks every website the users visits with a remote database to prevent that phishing websites get accessed. Phishing websites are fake websites that look like a popular website but have the purpose to record credit card information and login credentials of a user to fuel [...]
Internet Explorer 7 Standalone Edition
If you have been using Internet Explorer 6 for a while and decided to download and install Internet Explorer 7 you may have noticed that you cannot launch Internet Explorer 6 afterwards anymore. This is extremely frustrating to webmasters who want to make sure that their websites are compatible to both Internet Explorer 6 and [...]
Webslices and Activities ported to Firefox
Two of the new features that were introduced in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 were so called Webslices and Activities. The first introduced a way to keep track of little pieces of information that could be subscribed just like RSS while the second was an interactive context menu with actions like dictionary searches or digging [...]
