Archive for the ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer’ Category
Posted by dvanarsd on September 14, 2009
Microsoft Expression Web SuperPreview for Windows Internet Explorer is a free utility that lets you compare how a web page will look in IE 6 and 8.
Now that Internet Explorer 8 is trying to stick closer to the internationally-agreed standards for web pages, many older pages will not display properly in version 8. Here’s a way for webmasters to check.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web site creation | Tagged: 6, 8, compare, Explorer, Expression, freeware, I.E., IE, Internet, Microsoft, page, pages, Preview, site, sites, Super, SuperPreview, web | 3 Comments »
Posted by dvanarsd on August 11, 2009
Posted in Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Techniques, browsers | Tagged: browser, Chrome, Firefox, IE, Internet Explorer, Opera, speed, Techniques | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 29, 2009
My Internet Explorer Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites is an Internet Fixes post.
When your IE can’t seem to connect properly to a secure site (such as the Library’s databases, or a site with password protection, or a payment page), you can check here for possible solutions.
Posted in Help, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Security | Tagged: connect, Explorer, Help, https, Internet, secure, Security, site, sites, web, websites | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 27, 2009
Xenocode lets you Run IE8/IE7/IE6, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera from the web.
Now you can test out how your website looks in a variety of browsers without having to have them all on your own computer.
Posted in Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Online Software, Web site creation, browsers, viewers | Tagged: 6, 7, 8, browsers, Chrome, creation, development, Firefox, IE, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, site, test, web, website, Xenocode | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 27, 2009
ZDNet’s Ed Bott, in his post Is IE8 really fat and slow? includes a tip “that re-registers the ActiveX Interface Marshaling Library, an obscure DLL that most people (even Microsoft experts) had never heard about.”
Using this may speed up your Internet Explorer 8 so you can use it faster.
Posted in Help, Microsoft Internet Explorer | Tagged: 8, Explorer, fast, IE, Internet, Microsoft, slow, speed | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 27, 2009
Posted in Firefox, Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web site creation, browsers | Tagged: 3, 7, 8, creation, development, Expression, Firefox, freeware, IE, Microsoft, Safari, SuperPreview, test, web, Web site, website | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on April 6, 2009
Xmarks is the new incarnation of a personal recommended favorite add-on for Firefox, but now it is available for IE and Safari!
Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) is a free bookmark synchronizing service, which now can be used with Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari browsers. Now you can sync your bookmarks (including your bookmarks toolbar) in any of these browsers (just install the freeware on the computer you’re currently using) and it syncs all the bookmarks to the latest ones you have.
If you’re using Firefox, it also syncs your Sage RSS feeds too.
Posted in Firefox, Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: bookmarks, Firefox, Foxmarks, freeware, IE, Internet Explorer, Safari, sync, Xmarks | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on March 13, 2009
Final Builds Site – Internet Explorer Collection is a site for web site developers.
Internet Explorer prefers to install new versions over old ones, which makes it difficult to test your web site on older versions than you currently have.
This site offers IE from 1.2.0.2 up to a beta version of 8, which allows you to test as far back as you’re likely to need.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web site creation, browsers | Tagged: freeware, IE, Internet Explorer, old, site, testing, versions, web | 2 Comments »
Posted by dvanarsd on December 15, 2008
If only everyone used the same updated software… but they don’t.
TredoSoft has a post on how to Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft.
Using a special installer, you can put older versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer on your computer and see how your web site works with them.
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web site creation | Tagged: browser, freeware, IE, Internet Explorer, site, test, version, versions, web, website | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on December 8, 2008
Transmute is a “freeware bookmark conversion utility.”
“This amazing utility will help you to try out different web browsers, synchronize bookmarks between systems, organize bookmarks, convert bookmarks for use in bookmark managers, share bookmarks with others and more. And best of all, it’s free!”
When you want to try out a different browser, this is one way to convert your bookmarks to the new browser.
Transmute is the first and only bookmark converter to export bookmarks between all of the major web browsers:
Google Chrome
Transmute supports the new Chrome browser, including dev channel releases.
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox 1 & 2 are supported as well as Firefox 3, with its new database model.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Vista are fully supported.
Opera
Opera browser hotlists are also well supported for easy importing and exporting.
Apple Safari
Safari is the web browser from the people behind the iPhone and iPod.
Chromium
Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome.
Flock
Flock is a social web browser based on Mozilla Firefox.
Posted in Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: bookmark, bookmarks, browsers, Chrome, Firefox, freeware, IE, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Transmute | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on December 6, 2008
Posted in CSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web site creation | Tagged: creation, CSS, HTML, Internet Explorer 8, site, tables, web, website | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on October 7, 2008
Internet Fixes has instructions on adding web sites you trust to the Internet Explorer Trusted Zone — or the Restricted Zone, if you’d rather keep away from them.
Posted in Help, Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: adding, Explorer, Help, IE, Internet, Microsoft, Restricted Zone, sites, trust, Trusted Zone, web, websites | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on July 14, 2008
PriceAdvance has add-ons for both IE and Firefox, which search for products that you’re currently viewing, to see if other prices can be found elsewhere. Freeware add-ons.
Note: some proxy servers may interfere with this add-on working.
Posted in Buying, Firefox, Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer | Tagged: advance, Buying, comparison, Firefox, freeware, IE, price, PriceAdvance | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on June 9, 2008
So, Internet Explorer 7 isn’t enough for you? You say you want more functionality, more features, faster browsing?
So get IE7Pro and see if that’ll do ya. Freeware.
“IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins, MiniDM, Google sponsored search,IE Faster and many more power packed features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.”
Posted in Freeware/Shareware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: browsers, freeware, IE7, IE7Pro, Internet Explorer, Pro | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on March 4, 2008
Let’s face it — not every web page programmer graduated at the top of the class….
Sometimes, you get those annoying messages from Internet Explorer, such as “A Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug?” or “Internet Explorer Script Error. An error has occurred in the script on line 1. Do you wish to continue running scripts on this page?”
Internet Fixes has advice on why that might happen, and how to disable the warning in Internet Explorer if you still must see as much as possible on that page.
You may also be able to get past the problem by using another browser to view the page, such as Firefox.
Posted in Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: browser, debug, error, IE, Internet Explorer, page, running, runtime, script, scripts, web, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 26, 2008
Firefox seems to have inspired a number of improvements in Internet Explorer 7, and one of them is the use of opening tabs instead of new windows. The tabs can appear across the top of the IE window, just under the toolbars, and show all the sites you are connected to at the moment.
Instructions on setting up this option in Internet Explorer 7 are available at Internet Fixes.
Posted in Microsoft Internet Explorer | Tagged: 7, Explorer, Internet, Microsoft, option, tabbing, tabs | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 26, 2008
You got Vista, and now you get the message “IE has encountered a problem and needs to close”.
Ouch.
You probably need to run a System File Check, and the instructions are available at Internet Fixes.
Vista has some compatibility problems with add-ons to IE, and if the System File Check doesn’t fix that, you’ll need to disable the add-ons one by one until you find the culprit (or culprits).
Posted in Help, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows Vista | Tagged: add-ons, addons, error, Explorer, Help, Internet, Microsoft, Vista, Windows | Leave a Comment »
Posted by dvanarsd on February 26, 2008
Microsoft provides monthly updates for Windows and other Microsoft programs. Sometimes these can “break” something else in the process of fixing an existing problem or security leak.
Internet Explorer is a prime candidate for problems, and we see it happen often in the library. While we can’t fix the library computers ourselves, you can fix your computer at home if you’re prepared to hack your Registry.
WARNING: back up your Registry first. This is not for beginners. Beginners should just switch to using Firefox (and of course, anyone else is invited to switch to Firefox also!).
Instructions for changing the Registry for Internet Explorer 6 are at Internet Fixes.
Posted in Help, Microsoft Internet Explorer, browsers | Tagged: 6, blank, Explorer, Help, Internet, registry, screen, screens | Leave a Comment »