Now Firefox fans may not like the idea, but every so often you still need to view a Web page in IE due to some goofy developer working for some big company that doesn’t think they should have to bother to check to see if the Web site in question works with Firefox, or any other alternative browser out there. Putting my anger aside, there is a simple way of switching over to Internet Explorer from inside of Firefox.
That is where the IE View extension comes into play. After downloading it and setting it up, you now have the power to right click any Web page from within Firefox and select, “View This Page in IE”. If you know you will always have to open up a certain Web page in Internet Explorer, you can add it to the “Always Open in IE” list. That way no mater when you go to the page, it will always pop up in the browser of the big blue “e”. At the moment, this extension only works for Windows. Now when is the Internet Explorer team going to build in a “View This Page in Firefox” addition to Internet Explorer 7? I would not hold my breath.
So there you have it, although a little bit of me dies inside every time it is done, you now have two options to take when a Web page will not work correctly inside of Firefox. You could create a riot and scream at the company in question to work with Firefox, or you could take the easier route and install the IE View extension. The call is yours to make.
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