Internet Explorer

[Haneef Bashir]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Jerry Houston <jerry at effjayare.net> wrote:
> On Saturday 30 May 2009 04:35:21 am John wrote:
>> Haneef Bashir wrote:
>> > does anyone know of an extension and can add to firefox to make the
>> > browser returns when queried to identify it as IE?
>>
>> I have two add-ons installed for this:
>>
>> IE Tab
>> User Agent Switcher
>>
>> both are available on the Mozilla add-ons page.
>
> I don't know about User Agent Switcher, but IE Tab does more than just report
> itself as IE.
>
> It actually runs the Microsoft web control (a DLL that's part of IE) in a tab
> on Firefox.  Thus, you actually ARE using IE, just in a Firefox frame.  And as
> such, other Firefox add-ins, like dejaclick, won't work with it.
>
> I use it with Firefox on Windows computers to connect with my company's sites,
> which require IE (and use a lot of .NET).  It won't install on any Linux
> system, and would be useless if it did, since the IE DLL won't run there.
>
> Microsoft browsers use nonstandard technologies that other browsers don't
> support.  I can't see much sense in modifying a browser to pretend it's
> another type, when it can't handle output intended (only) for that type.
>
the thing is that i have just introduced my mother to linux and she is
taking an online learning program which is only compatible with IE so
i thought this would be one way around that. i thought about
virtualizing windows but her comp is low resource.