Firefox IE Tab 1

[jammer1221]

Hey all,

I've just discovered the IE tab for firefox! I love it!

But I do have a couple of questions...Is it possible to force a user to use it. The reason why I'm asking is because; Our company intranet was designed for use with IE, and recently we have hired a couple of graphic designers, that "prefer" not to use IE. So they use firefox for the intranet, and a couple of the apps on there break whenever viewed in firefox. They don't break whenever I use the IE tab extension.

So my question is, is it possible to have the page automatically open with the IE tab thing in use? Or automatically put it in "sites always rendered in IE" section?

Also is there a way to automatically detect if its being used (it being the IE tab ext.)?

Last question, are there still the security issues that regular ol' IE has? Or are they still eliminated, because the program is firefox?


Thanks,

Matt

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Or automatically put it in "sites always rendered in IE" section?

Yes - the "user_pref" named "ietab.filterlist" in "prefs.js" can be updated to the list of "always open in IE" sites. Mine looks like this:

user_pref("ietab.filterlist", "[URL unfurl="true"]http://msdn.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://update.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.windowsupdate.com/");[/URL]

is there a way to automatically detect if its being used

Any test that tests for IE would pass when run in IE Tab, presumably - so ismply test for that, rather than IE Tab itself.

are there still the security issues that regular ol' IE has? Or are they still eliminated, because the program is firefox?

Good point - it probably depends on the vulnerability. IE's rendering engine will still be used, so some could potentially still work. However, if your system is fully patched, you've not got too much to worry about.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[jammer1221]

Thanks Dan,

I couldn't figure out how to use this:

user_pref("ietab.filterlist", "[URL unfurl="true"]http://msdn.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://update.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.windowsupdate.com/");[/URL]

..Where is prefs.js? What I did was create a page that referenced prefs.js that had the previously said code in it.

I am guessing though, that is not what you are talking about. I am very new to using the "developer" side of firefox, and I still don't quite get all of it.

Thanks for the help,

Matt

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

prefs.js is a config file that is stored in every user's profile folder. You can edit it using any text editor.

Dan



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[jammer1221]

Thought I would post this information I found relationg to installing XPI's...

function installXPI(location)
{
    if (typeof(InstallTrigger) != 'undefined')
    {
        var xpi = {'IE Tabs' : location};
        InstallTrigger.install(xpi);
        return false;
    }
    else
        return true;
}

I changed this a little to fit my needs, but the original script can be found here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/js/install.js

Hope that helps someone.

Matt