IE7 or IE8 Pro

[Digerati]

Some 'banner' ads are obnoxious and Homer blocks them.

Yeah, I have not been using a hosts file other than the default since I started using this computer, built new for Win7 in Oct. Those obnoxious banner ads are pushing me to start using one again, and Homer, along with its sister program, HostsXpert v4.3.

 

[Greg S]

I really wish they'd just rename it to IE Pro.

That's not going to happen. There was a push to do that in the past, but someone already has the name, and domain. But more importantly, IE7Pro's extensive feature set (except for spell check) is less needed in IE8, and may signal the demise of any chance of future development. A look at all the spam on the IE7Pro Forum would suggest they have lost interest. In fact, according to this wiki page, all development has stopped.

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Either the initial app was named IEPro or was renamed to IEPro. I can't remember now which it was. I remember after the name change and update, it left the old Program Files folder intact as well as the reg entries. It's been a while since I uninstalled it for good but do think that it's last name was IEPro

 

[Digerati]

Either the initial app was named IEPro or was renamed to IEPro.
but do think that it's last name was IEPro

Greg, did you follow any of the links above? It is easy to see the latest version v2.4.7 (released this last October) is IE7Pro.

And a quick look at the change logs (scroll down) shows it always was IE7Pro going all the way back initial Beta versions to v0.9.1.

As I said above and where you quoted me, there was a move to change it to IEPro when IE8 was in Beta, but the name IEPro was, and is already taken - as can be seen by going out to the IEPro website where we can see it has nothing to do with IE7Pro.

It was never "officially" called IEPro. Some of the fans may have [incorrectly] referred to it that way, but the program itself has always been IE7Pro.

 

[Joan Archer]

I've used it for a number of years really for the spell check facility, I disabled the download manager when I installed it on my Windows 7 partition with Internet Explorer 8 although at present it is showing as the default search engine alongside the address bar.

 

[Greg S]

Either the initial app was named IEPro or was renamed to IEPro.
but do think that it's last name was IEPro

Greg, did you follow any of the links above? It is easy to see the latest version v2.4.7 (released this last October) is IE7Pro.

And a quick look at the change logs (scroll down) shows it always was IE7Pro going all the way back initial Beta versions to v0.9.1.

As I said above and where you quoted me, there was a move to change it to IEPro when IE8 was in Beta, but the name IEPro was, and is already taken - as can be seen by going out to the IEPro website where we can see it has nothing to do with IE7Pro.

It was never "officially" called IEPro. Some of the fans may have [incorrectly] referred to it that way, but the program itself has always been IE7Pro.

I didn't go into enough details. My main focus was this,

I remember after the name change and update, it left the old Program Files folder intact as well as the reg entries.

On the user's system, the app's installed name was changed from it's initial name. This I know for a fact. It was even discussed in their forum at one time as to whether it was safe to delete the old name Program Files folder and reg entries.

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

IE7Pro works with IE8. I believe the developers of this software are soon going to re-brand it as something else so people don't mistakenly believe that it only works with IE7.

 

[Digerati]

I believe the developers of this software are soon going to re-brand it as something else so people don't mistakenly believe that it only works with IE7.

Oh? Where did you see that? That would be great but everything that I have found shows that development has completely stopped - including their own Wiki: IE7Pro is no longer being worked on.

 

[Klaw117]

I believe the developers of this software are soon going to re-brand it as something else so people don't mistakenly believe that it only works with IE7.

Oh? Where did you see that? That would be great but everything that I have found shows that development has completely stopped - including their own Wiki: IE7Pro is no longer being worked on.

That just ruined my hopes for returning to Internet Explorer 8. Once IE7Pro was fully functional with IE8 (I heard there are still a few glitches), I was going to get it for IE8 and start using it again. Now it seems I'll have to wait for Microsoft to make Internet Explorer 9 before considering going back to Internet Explorer.

 

[Digerati]

That just ruined my hopes for returning to Internet Explorer 8. Once IE7Pro was fully functional with IE8 (I heard there are still a few glitches), I was going to get it for IE8 and start using it again. Now it seems I'll have to wait for Microsoft to make Internet Explorer 9 before considering going back to Internet Explorer.

What glitches? As many of us have said, it works fine with IE8. In fact, the last revision if you check the changelog link above, was for IE8.

 

[Klaw117]

That just ruined my hopes for returning to Internet Explorer 8. Once IE7Pro was fully functional with IE8 (I heard there are still a few glitches), I was going to get it for IE8 and start using it again. Now it seems I'll have to wait for Microsoft to make Internet Explorer 9 before considering going back to Internet Explorer.

What glitches? As many of us have said, it works fine with IE8. In fact, the last revision if you check the changelog link above, was for IE8.

I haven't experienced anything, but I heard other users have found glitches with IE7Pro on IE8.

Either way, it doesn't matter. I switched over to Firefox and I like it a lot more, mostly because of all the customizations I was able to do to it. IE doesn't offer the same amount of customization.

 

[enemies]

IE7Pro is an add-on to Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 that aims to enhance the feature set provided by the browser. IE7Pro adds features such as tab enhancement, ad blocker, flash blocker, mouse gestures, inline search, privacy enhancements, online bookmark service, Greasemonkey-like user script support, and plug-in support. IE7Pro is also known as IEPro, and is available in several languages – this is made possible by user translations.

IE7Pro is developed in a componentized and modular fashion. Each feature has its own 'module.' Modules can be enabled or disabled, allowing for using to use only the feature they want. IE7Pro contains the following modules.

Core Functions - Contains the core functions of IE7Pro.

Ad & Flash Blocker - Blocks all forms of advertising, including Flash ads, rich media, fly-ins, slide-ins, pop-ups, pop-unders, spyware and adware ads, and messenger ads.

Scripts & Plugins - The basic framework for userscripts and plugins. One of the most popular userscripts allows users to download videos from Youtube.

Spell Check - IE7Pro Spell Check is an Internet Explorer extension that can perform spelling checks on all text inside Internet Explorer user-input forms. IE7Pro Spell Check will check any text you enter and alert you to possible errors by adding a red underline to any potentially misspelled words. It uses OpenOffice.org dictionaries.

Auto Form Filter - Works similar to Roboform and automatically fills in forms and passwords.

Mini Download Manager (MiniDM) - Serves as a lightweight download manager. See main article.

Privacy Cleaner - Can be configured to automatically clear browser history, temporary internet files, cookies, and more each time the user closes the browser.

Online Service - Software + Services feature, allows users to have their bookmarks uploaded into the cloud. Automatically syncs bookmarks each time the browser is closed.

Inline Search - Works very similar to Firefox's search feature. Allows users to search the current web page for a word or phrase. A search pane is placed at the bottom of the Internet Explorer window. Pressing CTRL+F displays this search pane if it closed, usurping the shortcut keys for Internet Explorer's default search. The Find on this Page... option in Internet Explorer's Edit menu still launches the browser's default Find window. "Find as you type" functionality actively searches for words or portions of a word as you type in the search box. Match Case feature allows users to search for words or phrases in a case sensitive manner. Optional Highlight All feature locates every instance of your search string and highlights it in yellow. Buttons on the search pane lets users jump to the previous or next instance of your search string on the current web page. F3 or the Enter key also advances to the next occurrence of your search string. SHIFT+F3 or SHIFT+Enter also jumps to the previous occurrence of the search string.

Single IE instance - Limits Windows to only allow one Internet Explorer process at a time, thus the name of the module.

Other Features - Other features include mouse gestures, super drag & drop, saving web pages, crash recovery, and a text saver.


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IE7Pro - The Ultimate Add-On for Internet Explorer

 

[chrysalis]

looks interesting, can either of you guys provide some sort of guide on how to use adblock plus filters with either this app or inprivatefiltering.

 

[Greg S]

looks interesting, can either of you guys provide some sort of guide on how to use adblock plus filters with either this app or inprivatefiltering.

Hi, the filter for Simple Adblock is built-in. It makes mention of using custom lists but if I remember correct, it's experimental/beta or similar. On the InPrivateFiltering, google for blocking adds with InPrivateFiltering. There should be two popular hits for it which are from some forums best I remember. Between the two, I think there's about 5 different lists. It's been a while and can't remember the details but I do remember, to have IPF turned on when browser starts, there is a reg entry that has to be added/modded for it to do so. I have the reg files and the filter lists on disk if you need them, I can upload for you.

The good thing about Simple and IPF, they're both easily turned off in the statusbar of IE8 just in case you have site that's blocking something you want viewed.

 

[Zardoc]

Greg, did you follow any of the links above? It is easy to see the latest version v2.4.7 (released this last October) is IE7Pro.

Actually,

Latest is 2.5.1



Still love it. I use the scripts to disable Hotmail adds. I can't stand them.
:shock:

 

[Digerati]

Ummm, notice the last reply was last February when 2.4.7 was the latest.