Internet Explorer Shell - IE Extensions

IE Extensions

In addition to programs using Internet Explorer’s rendering engine, there are also programs that add features to Internet Explorer. The methods they use to add features can blur the distinction between a shell, plug-in, or toolbar. Examples include the following:

  • HttpWatch: A traffic monitoring and debugging tool for Internet Explorer that displays information about headers, cookies, redirection and compression.
  • IEWatch: Provides diagnostic panes for monitoring HTTP traffic, HTTP search and filtering, HTTP performance charts and the ability to view the DOM and quickly modify the HTML, style sheets and scripts of any web page to test code.
  • IE7Pro: Adds extra features such as ad blocking, scripting, spell checking and “Flash blocking” (the ability to block Adobe Flash animations/components on web pages).
  • Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar, now an integral part of Internet Explorer 8, helps users design, debug and tweak web pages.
  • iMacros: A web macro recorder enhancement that adds record and replay features as well as Visual Basic for Applications support to Internet Explorer.
  • Kimba Kano: Adds a context menu option to do various kinds of web searches for a currently highlighted term.
  • PageEngage: An HTTP analysis tool which allows a user to view all HTTP headers, provides a script console for fully interacting with the Document Object Model of Internet Explorer, and additionally provides the user the ability to modify the response content before the browser renders it.
  • WebReplay is an IE plug-in for browser automation and web testing. With WebReplay you can fill web forms and automate web applications along with many other activities.

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