Talk:IE Tab

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

WTF?

This section "We can only hope...." is kinda weird....NPOV? [[1]] 68.98.162.253 (talk) 01:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC) Does the Firefox add-ons apply to the IE tab? That is, does NoScript block scripts on the site being displayed by IE Tab?

Wiki4imo (talk) 18:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)Imo

problem with article

the article is still mostly written around the inital ietab as extension for firefox theme, while it has been changed to accommodate for ietab being available for other browsers.... it needs to be fixed. Gil.shabtai (talk) 15:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

It also doesnt mention that (I presume) this extension only works under Windows! Justinc (talk) 12:33, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Malware in IE Tab Plus

IE Tab Plus has been found to contain malware. I think this should be noted in the article, but I don't know if I'll be able to find a reliable source for it. Kcowolf (talk) 16:39, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Since the author added information about this "feature" to this addon's entry on Mozilla's site, I think that should be reliable enough. The references to "malware" come from the user reviews on the same site. Kcowolf (talk) 16:54, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

User:Diego bf109 has added information about how newer versions of IE Tab Plus remove the malware. I've reworded it to call the malware-free version an "alternate" since it was released AFTER the original, which is still available and still contains the malware. The malware-free version was originally called the "No Adware, Absolutely Clean" version. Kcowolf (talk) 01:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Some reports (not good enough sources for Wikipedia though) at the time of said that the "malware" re-installs during updates when it offers a "paid" mode, a "recommended" mode to keep the product "free" (presumably some sort of advertising scheme) and "basic" mode. See [ http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24942577-Attention-Firefox-users-Malware-found-in-IE-Tab-Plus-add-on ]. More recent user reviews (March of 2011) say that it silently installs Superfish price comparison spyware during updates claim to have it turned off by default, and NoScript slows down or hangs trying to stop it from sending a list of all visited urls to superfish.com. See [ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-plus-ff-36/#reviews ].

Alas, blog entries and user-supplied reviews do not constitute reliable sources for Wikipedia so we need some citations establishing that the above claims are actually true before we can put them in the article. Guy Macon (talk) 01:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

WTF?

This section "We can only hope...." is kinda weird....NPOV? [[2]] 68.98.162.253 (talk) 01:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC) Does the Firefox add-ons apply to the IE tab? That is, does NoScript block scripts on the site being displayed by IE Tab?

Wiki4imo (talk) 18:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)Imo

problem with article

the article is still mostly written around the inital ietab as extension for firefox theme, while it has been changed to accommodate for ietab being available for other browsers.... it needs to be fixed. Gil.shabtai (talk) 15:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

It also doesnt mention that (I presume) this extension only works under Windows! Justinc (talk) 12:33, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Malware in IE Tab Plus

IE Tab Plus has been found to contain malware. I think this should be noted in the article, but I don't know if I'll be able to find a reliable source for it. Kcowolf (talk) 16:39, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Since the author added information about this "feature" to this addon's entry on Mozilla's site, I think that should be reliable enough. The references to "malware" come from the user reviews on the same site. Kcowolf (talk) 16:54, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

User:Diego bf109 has added information about how newer versions of IE Tab Plus remove the malware. I've reworded it to call the malware-free version an "alternate" since it was released AFTER the original, which is still available and still contains the malware. The malware-free version was originally called the "No Adware, Absolutely Clean" version. Kcowolf (talk) 01:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Some reports (not good enough sources for Wikipedia though) at the time of said that the "malware" re-installs during updates when it offers a "paid" mode, a "recommended" mode to keep the product "free" (presumably some sort of advertising scheme) and "basic" mode. See [ http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24942577-Attention-Firefox-users-Malware-found-in-IE-Tab-Plus-add-on ]. More recent user reviews (March of 2011) say that it silently installs Superfish price comparison spyware during updates claim to have it turned off by default, and NoScript slows down or hangs trying to stop it from sending a list of all visited urls to superfish.com. See [ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-plus-ff-36/#reviews ].

Alas, blog entries and user-supplied reviews do not constitute reliable sources for Wikipedia so we need some citations establishing that the above claims are actually true before we can put them in the article. Guy Macon (talk) 01:07, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

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Outdated Focus

This listing focuses on a long-ago abandoned extension named IE Tab that was for the Firefox browser.

To re-iterate the comment above by Gil.shabtai in 2010, that "the article is still mostly written around the initial ietab as extension for firefox theme". Especially now that the Firefox extension no longer works and has been abandoned, this article should focus on the Chrome extension.

SOURCE FOR CLAIMING THE FIREFOX EXTENSION HAS BEEN ABANDONED. The current version of this article :-). It already says under "Development Status" that the developer abandoned the project in 2006, and clearly there is a Chrome version that is under active development: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

Specific edit requests:

• Developers: Blackfish Software
• latest release version = 11.4.27.1
• latest release date = 2018|04|26
• license = Trialware
• website = www.ietab.net

SOURCE FOR ABOVE CHANGES: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

• The top section should change from this:

IE Tab is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and SeaMonkey web browsers which allows users to view pages using the Internet Explorer (IE) layout engine

• To this:

IE Tab is an extension for the Google Chrome, Firefox, and SeaMonkey web browsers which allows users to view pages using the Internet Explorer (IE) layout engine

SOURCE FOR ABOVE CHANGE. IE Tab is known primarily as a Google Chrome extension, for reference, use the following links:

The Chrome Web Store listing which shows that it is active and has a user base of nearly 4 million users: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

The search results which show IE Tab for Chrome as the popular result: http://www.google.com?q=ie+tab

• Development status should be changed:

From: The original developer, Hong Jen Yee, quit the project in early 2006 because he had become a full-time Linux user. The project was abandoned and the extension no longer worked with Firefox version 3.6 and later.

To: Blackfish Software maintains the IE Tab extension for Chrome. Hong Jen Yee quit the project in early 2006 because he had become a full-time Linux user. The Firefox project was abandoned and the extension no longer worked with Firefox version 3.6 and later.

SOURCE FOR ABOVE CHANGE. Again the IE Tab listing at the Chrome Web Store, which shows that the extension is actively under development because it was just updated in late April: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

50.47.105.246 (talk) 18:52, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Reply 10-MAY-2018

 Unable to implement. Please provide sources for the changes you'd like to be made. .spintendo⋅⋅) 19:22, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

@Spintendo: Thank you for considering these changes. I apologize for anything I may be doing wrong, I am new to suggesting edits, thank you for your patience.

I have edited the suggestions above to include the sources I think are necessary. I look forward to your feedback.

50.47.105.246 (talk) 23:06, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

References

Reply 12-MAY-2018

 Article updated. .spintendo⋅⋅) 08:29, 12 May 2018 (UTC)