IE7pro
Latest release 1.2 / October 30, 2007
OS Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Genre Browser extension
Website ie7pro.com
IE7pro is an add-on to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 that aims to enhance the feature set provided by the browser. IE7pro enhances the tabbed browsing capabilities, adds ad blocker, mouse gestures and Greasemonkey-alike user script support. IE7pro can be used on Internet Explorer 6 as well.
Contents
1 Overview
2 Market reception
3 References
4 External links
Overview
IE7pro modifies IE's default tab management features to add several options like double clicking to close the tab, undo closing tabs, enable Super Drag n Drop where dragging a link and dropping it anywhere else on the page opens it in a new tab or dragging and dropping any selected chunk of text opens the results of searching it via the default search engine. IE7pro also adds an Ad blocker that uses a blacklist of sites to block ads in web pages. It can also block ads delivered as rich media such as Flash movies. It also allows crash recovery, which lets a browsing session be restored in case the browser crashed. The contents of a tab can be saved as an image as well.
Mouse gesture support is also added by IE7pro. It ships with a set of predefined gestures which can be customized later. IE7pro adds support for Greasemonkey like user scripts, these are site-specific Javascript code that adds certain functionality to websites, or modifies the behavior of certain aspects of sites to make it compatible with the browser. It also includes a proxy switcher, and a word-wheeled in-page search bar, which overrides Internet Explorer's search bar, like the search functionality in Firefox and the InlineSearch add-in for IE. Version 0.9.18 also adds a spell checker.
IE7Pro EasyHome in Internet Explorer 7
IE7pro adds a button in the status bar which notifies the status of whether proxies are being used, and provides access to the configuration interface, and certain other functionality.[1] Since version 1.0, it also adds a feature it calls EasyHome which like Speed Dial Browsing in Opera 9 shows thumbnail renderings of 9 web sites in a grid, which can be visually identified and opened.
Market reception
The market reaction to IE7pro has been generally positive. It has been said to close the gap between IE7 and Opera 9 & Firefox.[2], with it being one of the recommended downloads in many freeware download sites. It is among the top downloaded add-ons at the official add-on site.[3]
References
^ CyberNotes: Do more with Internet Explorer 7. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
^ PC Pro: Product reviews: IE7pro. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
^ Windows Marketplace: results for the 'IE Add-Ons' category. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
External links
Official site
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE7pro"
