Firefox IE mode on Linux?

Bill Bogstad bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Jan 14 10:31:45 EST 2011


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:41 AM,  <j.natowitz-KealBaEQdz4 at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> www.billmelater.com, a PayPal service, has a brain dead server that will only show you your invoice on Internet Explorer.  I was able to use the IE Tab add-on to Firefox on Windows to see it, as well as using IE on Windows.
>
> But IE Tab, and another add-on whose name escapes me at the moment, do not work on Linux.  Specifically, you get an "Additional add-ons" required box, but no add-ons are found, nor does it say what it  needs.

My guess would be Internet Explorer.  According to
http://ietab.mozdev.org/, ietab just runs the embedded IE page
rendering engine inside a Firefox window.   Doesn't come with Linux
and isn't likely to work even if you did copy it there. :-)

Bill




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