4 Excellent Add- Ons For Internet Explorer 7

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Internet Explorer is good , especially if you have the best add-ons enabled. Out of the many addons available for IE , Here are a few nifty ones:

IE7 Open Last Closed Tab:

This is a common problem for users of IE 7 who savour the Tabbed windows. Clicking on the X and all your open tabs close. This add-on will come in handy for such accidents. It creates a shortcut [Ctrl] + [X] that lets you undo the closed tab. This is a free extension and can be downloaded from http://tinyurl.com/3yzhlv

Inline Search:

This add-on mimics the find as you type functionality of Firefox. Press [Ctrl] + [F], and a toolbar will appear at the bottom of the browser window. All the instances of your search string are highlighted in the window. There are still some important shortcuts to remember: Esc closes the search pane, [F3] or [Enter] takes you to the next occurrence while [Shift] + [F3] or [Shift] + [Enter] will take you back. This add-on is free. Get it from www.ieforge.com/InlineSearch/HomePage

GooglePreviewIE:

This add on is a boon for product and image searches. Also present in Firefox, this toolbar shows image previews of Web pages when you run a Google search. This is not an official Google offering like Google Toolbar. Get it from http://ackroyd.de/googlepreview/

WOT for IE:

With incidences like online fraud and phishing on the rise, it is very important to know the reputation of a site beforehand. WOT (Web of Trust) is such an extension that constantly checks any Website you open, against a community submitted list and displays its appropriate ratings. This is based on a colour code, with green being highly reputed and red being potentially dangerous. After installing this add-on from http://www.mywot.com/en/download/ie, check the top right corner of your browser window. Monitor the colour of the ring as you keep browsing.In case you come across a Website that you suspect is harmful you can also submit the link for potential inclusion into the list of malicious sites.

Share some more cool add-ons for Internet Explorer you know as comments.

September 10th, 2008 Posted in the category Tech Collections

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One Response to “4 Excellent Add- Ons For Internet Explorer 7”

Jack Stanley Says:

September 27th, 2008 at 4:00 am

I recommend one more: Cleeki. Cleeki selects any text on your screen, and previews search results immediately in the same page. Support Google (text, image, …), YouTube, Maps, Amazon, etc. and you can add your own channels. It saves your time and inputs, a looot!

One good thing is Cleeki provides not only standalone application, but also Firefox addon and IE addon.