Frustrated With Firefox Failing To Properly Render Web Pages?
Written by genethomas on January 6, 2009 – 3:16 pm -
The Firefox add on IE Tab solves this problem, though with a continued frustration. With IE Tab you can embed IE in tabs and see web sites as they should be seen. Just click on the IE Tab icon, and the rendering engine switches to IE, while you remain in Firefox. For sites regularly visited, their URL’s can be added to the
IE Tab Site Filter. Neat, but I found myself frustrated with having to frequently add URL’s to the filter. (Go to the IE Tab options, check the enable box under Site Filters, then add URL’s as necessary.) After adding a URL to the site filter, each time you visit that site Firefox and IE Tab will automatically display that site, and all of
its pages, as if in IE Explorer. But you will actually still be in Firefox with all of its benefits.
Frequently adding sites to the site filter is a time consuming step I wanted to eliminate. Then, one recent morning, it struck me how simple this was going to be. I went to the site filter, deleted all those URL’s and added *.* as the only filter. Voila! The best of Firefox and IE together in one place. Now all the foxes are happy. And, by the way, if this slows my computer it isn’t enough for me to notice it. Pages still appear more or less “instantaneously” on my DSL connection.
Tags: firefox, IE Tab
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By Sjeltur on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply
I have this plugin running on my laptop. Works fine…. BUT……I found the biggest problem (specially with blogs); that the few times I am showing someone something on their machine (pfff and overhere = 99% use IE) - those pages render wrongly in IE….
Why can’t we convince people to not use IE anymore..??
;)
By Josh on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply
Unless I’m mistaken, IE Tab simply embeds the IE renderer in a Firefox tab. So while you can still use extensions, you’ll lose the security advantage Firefox provides.
That’s my understanding, anyway.
By russgrad on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply
Thanks ATA!
Been converted to Firefox for several months and one page I need to go to frequently would not render in FF and had to go in under IE. Not any more! Thanks, again.
By CoryK on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply
I agree with Sjeltur, I have found that more often than not it’s IE that doesn’t render pages correctly. The websites that I have done have been tested almost exclusively in Firefox. The ones that have been tested in IE and are written to work with IE have been quilting websites (the majority of quilters know nothing other than IE)
By Gene Thomas on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
The majority of problems I have with IE rendering improperly in FF occur when I go to an individual article from Drudge, Fox news, etc. Often it is text overrunning a graphic, or graphics (pictures} not showing at all.
One further note. If you are using the No Script add on, first make sure that isn’t the problem by trying “temporarily allow this page.”
NinjaAdmin Reply:
January 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
My problems are the same as yours thanks for this solution! Very creative I might add Mr Thomas.