![IE7Pro - The must have add-on for Internet Explorer](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vY4ioNOs5U-1LrB7zEU6isaH7l2--Cb69YNyTSxhbgB74cie8odCrCBC3qGqZ8n6XBShGg0EymD9PbVvM7UxNQ70UJlRRT0Q=s0-d)
I normally use
Firefox for browsing, but for the past week I've been forced to use
Internet Explorer 7 on a different machine. What's more, this machine only has an 800x600 display, so some of the web sites have been a bit weird.
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I don't have permission to install
Firefox, so I did the next best thing:
IE7Pro. It's an add-in to IE6, IE7 and IE8 that allows you to do a number of really useful things that IE doesn't normally do. The most important of these is to block ads, but the other is to do tabbed browsing properly.
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Many of the sites I visit have been opening multiple IE windows, which gets incredibly confusing after a while. IE7Pro has a useful option under "IE Settings" called "Always open popups in a new tab" which effectively stops multiple independent IE Windows, and keeps everything more organized so you don't have to go searching for windows using Alt-Tab. This has saved me considerable time and frustration.
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Another useful goodie is the weather plug-in, which gives a 5 day forecast when you hover over the icon on the status bar. There are also some useful user scripts and safety features, and a download manager. It's amazing how a few small things like this can make a huge difference to my productivity. If you use IE a lot, check it out!