IE7 Pro (Internet Explorer has a pro version?) – Read on to find out…

For those of you who don’t use Firefox (and to all my fellow engineers/techies who stand there with their mouths wide open, let me tell you there are many), you are losing out on a lot of productivity with Internet Explorer 7 the Standard browser as you get it from Microsoft.

I face many problems with IE7 (not talking about bugs), the two below hurting the browsing experience the most:

Flash based Ads: How many of you are tired/ annoyed/ down right mad, when you come across flash based ads, ads which can range from a mild distraction to downright loud sounds being played like those crazy emoticons talking or one of those things where you are congratulated for winning a free Apple Ipod?

No Crash Recovery in IE7: You are in the middle of doing some work on the office webmail, you have your other email account open, you just happen to read the latest score and are so thrilled that India might win the one day match against Australia and a couple of other sites (as is the norm with tabbed browsing) and suddenly the good ol’ Internet Explorer crashes (oh I donno from the thousands of reasons) and you loose all your work.

The problem here is you could easily switch to Firefox but some sites like Outlook Webmail and those with Sopcast links serving cricket or your favorite movie online work or best work only with IE so you have to use it. Read on to find out how to resolve this..

The product I feature today is IE7 Pro. This nifty product is a freeware. No its not a software from Microsoft but is a trusted add-on recommended by many sites. (a quick google search should allay your fears)The download link is http://www.ie7pro.com/

Features:

» Crash Recovery:

It allows you to recover from crashes. When you get into a crash, the next time you load it up, it allows you to go to the sites you were working on.

» Block Flash based ads:

In addition it allows you to block flash based ads. It has a list of database sites which it uses to blocks these ads from. Try this and browsing multiple tabs on rediff. It is a lot of fun when you don’t have ads to bother you.

» Integrated Download Manager:

Also, they have added a download manager which manages your downloads. In addition, they have a feature which allows you to save videos from sites like youtube.

» Fixing Display Resolutions:

IE7 pro allows you to fix display resolutions (its a bit different from resizing as these match the resolution levels you get with desktops). This is very useful working with webapps running on systems meant for people who desire the 800×600 resolution. Most apps are running towards the 1280×1080 and when running on a 800×600 desktop resolution, the results can be quite nasty. Thankfully IE7 pro fixes this. (Believe me this is a big life saver if you are in tech support with the wide array of users who like 800×600).

» Additional Features:

Other great features include useful tools like Super Drag Drop, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gestures, Tab History Browser,Inline Search,Spell Check,Auto fill Form, Opening Search results in new tab, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, Greasemonkey alike user script etc .

So go ahead what are you waiting for? If the adblock and crash recovery features just whetted your appetite, there is tons of stuff you can do with other features like Super drag drop and Proxy Switcher (I can imagine the possibilities here) and other built in features.

So download the product from http://www.ie7pro.com/ and let me know how it changed the way you enjoyed your Cricket match online on Sopcast or working with Crash recovery. Make IE7 standard into IE7 pro. Oh yeah Brickbats are welcome too .