Today I was told by a software vendor that their product could be used in Firefox. I was thrilled beyond words…until I pulled back the curtain to discover the IE Tab Extension.
What is the IE Tab Extension? It is just a quick way to open up Internet Explorer inside a tab of Firefox. I think of it as IE in a Firefox costume.
When I ask for browser agnostic tools, I mean tools that comply with W3C standards and do not require you to use a specific browser. I do NOT mean have IE masquerade as Firefox!
So, the next time a vendor tells you that their product will run in Firefox, make sure to ask this question. Will it run on any standards compliant browser? Is it truly browser agnostic?
It is a very useful tool though, makes switching between Firefox and IE for testing a lot quicker and easier. I use it along with the IE view extension whereby I have one set to open up using IE 6 and the other to IE5.5 (recently changed to IE 7b2 though)
Agreed, the IE Tab extension is a productive tool for web developers…I just didn’t appreciate someone trying to pull the wool over my eyes with it!
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