One of the handy security related services on today’s Internet is Virus Total. The online can be used by people from all over the world to analyze suspicious websites or files. Usage could not really a lot easier than it is currently. Just browse for a file on your computer and click the send file [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

A major user complaint when it comes to Microsoft Internet Explorer’s functionality in general is the lack of a built-in spell checker to automatically correct spelling mistakes in the browser. That’s even more problematic if those users are working with browsers like Firefox as well which come with a built-in spell checker. It is not [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Sometimes you are interested in changes on a certain web page, instead of all of the contents that are posted on it. This can be helpful to monitor forum posts, website updates, new blog comments or any other webpage that may get updated. Diff-IE is a prototype add-on developed by Microsoft Research that adds capabilities [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Many websites use Google Analytics to track their traffic and optimize their website. It is for instance possible to monitor traffic trends, watch how keywords and ad campaigns perform and which hardware and software the users use to connect to the site. Google Analytics is implemented with JavaScript on the webmaster’s site so that it [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer

If you compare the add-ons that are available for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with those available for the Firefox web browser you will soon discover that there are not many Internet Explorer add-ons that one would consider “must-have”. It is not really clear why Firefox add-on developer are more productive. Could be that it is easier [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

One of the main areas that Microsoft is lacking behind with Internet Explorer in comparison to browsers like Opera or Firefox is the extensibility. Yes, there are plugins for Internet Explorer but the community is not thriving like those of the other browsers. The main reason might be that it is more difficulty to create [...]

Categories: Browsing, ie

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 [...]

Categories: Browsing, ie

Internet Explorer users are a bit at the bottom when it comes to useful add-ons for their browser. Sure, there is IE7 Pro which is a fantastic add-on but can you name other ones? I’m not using Internet Explorer regularly and one factor that is playing a role is the lack of add-ons that add [...]

Categories: Browsing, ie