In the beginning, Coral IE Tab's main goal is to switch between IE and Firefox seamlessly. That means, if you have logined in Firefox, you don't have to re-login in IE. This feature is implemented by "cookie synchronization".
However, some sites will not only check cookies to verify your login status, but also your browser's user agent string. So, when you switch from Firefox to IE, these sites will find your user agent changed and denies your credential.
Back to the Coral IE Tab's main goal, to let you switch between IE and Firefox without re-login, Coral IE Tab will defaultly change IE's user agent to Firefox to make those sites think it is still in Firefox, so everything is switched seamlessly, seams so.
But, another problem comes. Some sites will also check browser's user agent and show different contents according to the different browsers. Give IE the HTML for Firefox may make IE display incorrectly. So this is the reason why some sites may not display correctly. "Retry" button in the toolbar at top will temporarily disable this behavior to correct its display.
The situation has been changed, when Firefox 3.6 has been released. The old IE Tab is not working in Firefox 3.6 and many old users of IE Tab comes to Coral IE Tab. These people don't concern about the "seamless switching", they just want Coral IE Tab working in the old IE Tab's way. They are confused and complaining about the default behavior.
So, I decide to give these people a simpler selection. In v1.80 (will be released soon), users will have to select the "working mode" of Coral IE Tab, if in "Classic Mode", Coral IE Tab will act like the old IE Tab, no cookie sync, no adblock, no user agent problems, everything is just like the old IE Tab. Less powerful, but more stable. If in "Advanced Mode", Coral IE Tab will behave like it used to be.
I hope this will make people of both sides happy.
Re: Webpage error at date link activation
I use an in-house finance package and have to insert the date from a link to a calendar.
If I have Corel IE Tab enabled as an add-on in Firefox a 'Webpage Error' messagebox shows and I cannot progress. The options are to use IE to debug (but of course I am in firefox).
If I disable Corel IE Tab add-on then the date link works.
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
i have use ietab yet,but he is not support firfox3.6~so i turn to use coral ietab,it's a great addons
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
This is a great article explaining the differences between Coral IE Tab & the now defunct IE Tab, and especially the new changes made to accommodate users who switched to Coral IE Tab. Actually, it's great on the part of the developers to offer support for the user base of a similar but different Firefox add-on no longer being developed.
I was myself coming from IE Tab when I upgraded Firefox to version 3.6, and the first thing that unsettled me was the cookie synchronisation, especially since with IE Tab I was taking advantage of this "non-feature" to be able to have two sessions/profiles in the same browser, without one affecting the other (i.e. to access two Gmail accounts at once, one personal with FF and one corporate with IE, or the website of a governmental placement service that is picky by not letting users have both an employer’s and a candidate's session open). I had resigned to try and do the same with Coral IE Tab (and was now using both Firefox & Google Chrome), but I will sure give this new "feature" a try. I may end up using the Advanced Mode one day, who knows, but having a place to easily choose whether we want cookie syncing or not is just wonderful.
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
Thanks for a great explanation and advice. I've understood that I need a newer version of Firefox. Thanks for sharing it!
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
I use firefox 3.6,the same question as yours,I give it up now.
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
I was myself coming from IE Tab when I upgraded Firefox to version 3.6, and the first thing that unsettled me was the cookie synchronisation, especially since with IE Tab I was taking advantage of this "non-feature" to be able to have two sessions/profiles in the same browser, without one affecting the other (i.e. to access two Gmail accounts at once, one personal with FF and one corporate with IE, or the website of a governmental placement service that is picky by not letting users have both an employer’s and a candidate's session open). I had resigned to try and do the same with Coral IE Tab (and was now using both Firefox & Google Chrome), but I will sure give this new "feature" a try.
Re: Why Coral IE Tab shows a "Retry" toolbar at top
I was myself coming from IE Tab when I upgraded Firefox to version 3.6, and the first thing that unsettled me was the cookie synchronisation, especially since with IE Tab I was taking advantage of this "non-feature" to be able to have two sessions/profiles in the same browser, without one affecting the other (i.e. to access two Gmail accounts at once, one personal with FF and one corporate with IE, or the website of a governmental placement service that is picky by not letting users have both an employer’s and a candidate's session open).