Tag Archives: Internet Explorer 9

How To Add “Forward” & “Find On Page” Shortcuts To IE 9 In WP Mango

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Even though Mango is awesome, and there are a ton of new features in it, some of the changes might feel a little annoying to the users. One such controversial change is in Internet Explorer. With IE9, the interface of Windows Phone 7’s web browser has become completely uncluttered and simplistic. This might be a good thing in most respects, but things can get a little annoying when you want to find a particular snippet of text on the page, and the Find Text button just isn’t there. Thanks to the development community, you can still put these functionalities in IE9 without even having an unlocked device. Read on to find out how. Read More

IETweak 2.0 Enables Tab Groups In IE9, Brings More Tools And Security Settings

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If you’ve been using previously featured IETweak9 to tweak Internet Explorer 9, it’s time to upgrade from previous version to the latest IETweak 2.0. If you’ve just started using Internet Explorer 9 because of UI related features,  IETweak9 will take interface related customizations to a whole new level. IETweak 2.0, in contrast to previously covered 1.0 version, provides one additional option under Internet Explorer 9 User Interface section, which is Enable Tab Groups to allow grouping of tabs in respective categories, and offers a revamped Security with a newly added Search Provider section to tinker around with IE 9 default security settings and to manage search providers list, respectively. Read More

Add Windows 7 Taskbar Jump List Features To Your Website

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As many of you may already know that apart from speed and performance improvements, Internet Explorer 9 also focuses on making full use of Windows 7 Jumplist. IE 9 defines the website pinning in Windows 7 super bar in a whole different way, allowing you to gain control over every little feature related with pinned applications, like, Jumplist static and dynamic items, Thumbnail live Preview, Taskbar notifications, and so on. Build My Pinned Site is an web service to incorporate all features of Windows 7 pinned application into your website, so your readers / visitors can engage into defined activities and check updates of your websites without having to manually find them from your website. Read More

Pros And Cons Of Using The New Firefox 4, Chrome 11, IE9 And Opera 11

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The recent browser wars between internet titans like Microsoft, Google and Mozilla has left users out in the cold. While these giant companies compete to upgrade their browsers to meet the latest technology requirements, they seem to be leaving their end users in a mess with lots of browser compatibility problems. If the Firefox 4 beta was not frustrating enough, the so called stable version has its own set of issues. Likewise, despite the fact that Internet Explorer 9 has received more than 10 million downloads, yet it requires being fast tracked to meet the user habits changed by Firefox and Chrome extensions. Even the light weight Opera seems to be following the Beta disaster of Firefox 4 by alienating its market niche of legacy hardware users. In this post, we will take a look at the pros and cons of using these browsers and provide you with a comparison of the advantages and possible issues you may face by using them. Read More

View IE9 Supported Jump List Tasks For Websites In Chrome

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Internet Explorer 9 has something Chrome doesn’t; it lets you pin website in Windows 7 taskbar. Since the taskbar has limited space and easy access, this feature gives you faster access to your favorite websites than the bookmarks you’ve saved. For Chrome users who think it’s unfair they can’t pin tasks from websites, they can install IE9 Jump List Tasks extension for Chrome. Read More

Speckie Adds Real Time Spell Check In Internet Explorer 9

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Are you hanging on to Internet Explorer 9 and badly need an efficient spell checker to identify and correct spelling mistakes? Today, we have an awesome spell check extension for Internet Explorer, called Speckie. It highlights mistakes in real time and suggests you a list of corrections. The extension allows customizing numerous spell check related settings whilst supporting multiple dictionaries. You can alternatively replace the squiggly line that underlines the incorrect words with not only customized highlighting colors but fonts as well. Apart from this, you can switch between 4 default mistake tag styles, ranging from highlight, single, thick-dash, and wave. Read More

Aura Now Uses IE9 Active Tab Color To Change Windows Aero Glass Color

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A while back we talked about one Windows 8 Aero specific feature which will automatically change the Aero Glass color effect according to current desktop wallpaper and reviewed Aura to bring this very same functionality to Windows 7. Recently, the developer of Aura has updated the application to add one brilliant Internet Explorer 9 related feature. Aura beta 3, which is totally clean from bugs we encountered in previous beta version, now dynamically changes Windows 7 Aero Glass color effect by matching the color shades with currently opened tab in Internet Explorer 9. The good part is that Aura now works without any problems and still holds options to get Aero color from wallpaper and from active window icon. Take a look at some visuals and watch a demo video of Aura beta 3 after the jump. Read More

Tweak And Customize Internet Explorer 9 With Tweak IE9

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TweakIE9 is a newly released application that can customize Internet Explorer 9 User Interface, Startup Behavior, Downloads, and Security Settings. The developer has released it today (March 14th) because the final version of IE9 is slated to be released to the public today at SXSW too. This makes TweakIE9 the first complete tweak app for Internet Explorer 9. Read More

IE9 Creator Helps Create Website With Internet Explorer 9 Features

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Since every browser renders web page in a different way, it becomes necessary to change the outlook of web elements in websites in order to make them appear properly on all the widely known browsers. Amongst the list of famous browsers, Internet Explorer popularity is steeping high day by day with IE 9,which can make full use of several Windows 7 UI functions, including Jumplist. To make your website use Windows 7 and IE 9 features up to full potential, try out IE9 Creator. It is a small tool which generates code snippet for creating a website with IE 9 features. It takes only basic set of information, like, Website name, Tooltip, Start URL and importantly Window Size (Width and Height) to enclose the provided info into your website header meta tags. Read More

Run Internet Explorer 9 Without Addons In Safe Mode

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Internet Explorer 9 has a complete overhaul but like other browsers, it is also prone to crashes. Most of the crashes takes place due to add-ons. Users who are facing constant crashes might want to start IE 9 in safe mode (add-ons disabled). There are three ways in which you can start IE9 in safe mode. Read More