# IE Tab

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**IE Tab** is a [browser extension](/source/Browser_extension) for the [Google Chrome](/source/Google_Chrome)[1] web browser. The extension allows users to view pages using the [Internet Explorer](/source/Internet_Explorer) [browser engine](/source/Browser_engine) [MSHTML](/source/MSHTML). This can be used for viewing pages that only render properly, or work at all, in Internet Explorer.[2]

## History

IE Tab was originally conceived by a [Taiwanese](/source/Taiwan) medical student, Hong Jen Yee.[3] He first developed the [plugin](/source/Plug-in_(computing)) and provided a simple demonstration page; he then released it to the forums of the Taiwanese Mozilla community. Other Taiwan developers created an extension to facilitate the use of the plugin. With some instructions for [XPCOM](/source/XPCOM) usage from Swiss Mozilla developer Christian Biesinger, the plugin and extension were integrated successfully, forming the prototype of IE Tab. The tool was initially released on [mozdev.org](/source/Mozdev.org) and the [MozillaZine](/source/MozillaZine) forum.

The original developer, Hong Jen Yee, abandoned the project in 2006, but subsequent development has been carried on by Blackfish Software since 2009.

## References

1. ["IE Tab"](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd). *chrome.google.com*

1. Blackwell, Laura (May 4, 2006). ["Add IE Tab to Firefox"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050300294.html). *The Washington Post*. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

1. ["PCMan 個人網頁"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080226203131/http://pcman.sayya.org/). *pcman.sayya.org*. Archived from [the original](http://pcman.sayya.org) on February 26, 2008.

## External links

- [IE Tab](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd) for Chrome

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