Well then here, use the Coral IE Tab extension instead: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/policy/0/10909/63722?src=addondetail
It's like IE tab except you can force certain URLs/bookmarks to always open in an IE tab instead of Firefox, and it works with AdBLock Plus and syncs cookies between FF and IE. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> Montreal Office +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Christopher Fisk <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Brian Weeden wrote: > > Why not just use the IE Tab extension and toggle the page over to the IE >> renderer when you need to? >> > > May as well use IE at that point. Training. If you need to train a user > to use a different program for a certain internal site, then you're spending > $$$ (even 15 minutes of training for 100 users is 25 man hours assuming the > training is perfect) > > Or is there something about certain Active X plugins not working with it? >> >> Seriously, Active X was one of the WORST design choices Microsoft has ever >> made from a security standpoint. SO many of the security holes in IE (and >> thus Windows) come from Active X it's not even funny. Which again makes >> me >> laugh that companies insist that they must use IE for Active X and that >> they >> can't use Firefox because it can't be secured :) >> > > I agree. ActiveX needs to die a quick death. The problem is that big > companies spend millions on internal websites. If it has been written with > IE as the supported base with internal ActiveX programs, good luck getting > anyone to agree to a re-write. Plus, who actually knows if the person who > wrote/designed that ActiveX control is even with the company anymore? > > For a company, Firefox is not free. > > > Christopher Fisk > -- > Zoidberg: Muy macho. Hey, gringos, here comes El Zoido to ruin your > drinking water! > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >
