As a big open source fan I love Firefox. Firefox is my primary browser on my computer, but I work on a Microsoft based company, and so everyone is forced to use Internet explorer to use some web based applications we have. One of those apps is OWA ( Outlook Web Access ) Check Outlook Web Access screenshots below and see the difference:
from Firefox:
from Internet Explorer:
If you notice those two screenshots they are a bit different, the search button is missing from Firefox, and some of the formatting is missing as well. Some .NET based applications don’t work at all. These are the errors we get when trying to open them on Firefox:
We’re sorry. Your browser is not compatible with this application.
Only Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, or 2003 is supported.
The way I could these applications on Firefox was by using the IE Tab plugin for Firefox. This plugin lets you switch back and forth between Firefox and Internet Explorer with just a click.
Once you have installed the plugin, you will need to add the application URLs to the IE Tab Options:
Now when you type the application URL on the address bar on Firefox, the web page will be rendered using the IE engine. You won’t notice you are actually using IE, only an IE icon will change on the lower right hand corner:
once you navigate to a different web page, it will change to Firefox mode again.
