IE view plugin v0.7 released 24Feb 2004
The ieview plugin is a simple Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox extension (for Microsoft Windows systems), which allows the current page or a selected link to be opened in Internet Explorer. I use Mozilla 99.99% of the time, but there are those moments -- particularly when testing new pages, or when viewing that rare IE-only page that's actually interesting -- when I need to see what things look like in IE.
Scratching the itch, this plugin adds menu items to the page context menu, and the link context menu. Right-clicking a link now includes an "Open link target in IE" menu item. Right-clicking elsewhere in the main body of the page (not within an image, text box, etc.) gives "View this page in IE."
In both cases, we try and track down the IE executable on your system, and launch with the appropriate URL. Brain-dead simple, but I'm using it daily.
Changelog
v 0.7 - Feb 23, 2004
Added a new preference - "ieview.ieapp". This can be set to the full path of Internet Explorer, as in:
user_pref("ieview.ieapp", "d:\\program files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe");
in those instances where the IEView extension cannot find Internet Explorer on its own. Alternatively, you can specify an entirely different browser (AvantBrowser, Opera, Lynx) to be launched instead).
In Mozilla Firefox, this preference is settable via the Tools | Options | Extensions panel -- just select IE View from the list, then hit the Options button to configure.
If left blank, IEView searches for Internet Explorer as always.
Source:
http://ieview.mozdev.org/
