One plug-in should not be less: fully understand the Internet Explorer plug-in

Extension is also called extension. It is a program written by an application interface that complies with certain specifications. It is mainly used to expand software functions. Many software have extensions, some software companies themselves DevelopmentSome are developed by a third party or software user. For example, Winamp is famous for its rich plug-ins, including games, visual effects, sound effects, enhancement, dance, and panels.

If you are a web worm and are using IE browsers every day, you must not miss out on all types of third-party plug-ins. These plug-ins can not only greatly improve the efficiency of your work, in addition, it can complete some special functions to make ie feel powerful.

　　 Private plug-ins

To fix ie vulnerabilities or enhance some features, Microsoft usually releases related plug-ins which are not displayed in the update list of Windows Update. You need to manually download and install these plug-ins.

1. Internet Plug-in protecting sensitive information

Microsoft released a plug-in named "rights maangement addon" to address the IE Plug-in vulnerability discovered earlier in the past, in order to allow authorized users to browse files, after installation, third information, email, and other web-based data of the enterprise can be protected to prevent unauthorized personal control, forwarding, and replication of such information, this technology can be used in digital rights management and other fields.

2. Read the IE Plug-in for office encrypted files.

Office 2003 includes some new security features that enable file authors to restrict access to files. These features can only be used after the software running Windows Server 2003 and Windows copyright management services. With this plug-in installed, users can browse these encrypted files in IE even if they are still using the old version of Office.

3. You can view the HTML syntax plug-ins.

Plug-in name: Microsoft Web Developer accessories

Software: free

:Http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/webaccess/webdevaccess.exe

This is an Internet Explorer plug-in developed by Microsoft programmers. It can be used to check the HTML Syntax of an object on a webpage, or to understand all the objects and syntaxes used by the entire webpage, which is quite useful to web designers. After the installation, right-click the webpage and select the "Document Tree" option. The system will list the object content and related information in a new window as a Tree chart, including webpage content, webpage placement host, communication agreement, style table, etc. Click "+" on the left side to learn more.

In addition, you can select any object on the webpage, right-click and select "View Partial Source", as shown in 1, you can see the source code of this small text HTML in the entire HTML file. This information is quite practical.

Figure 1 HTML source code

If you are still using IE 5.0, you can install the IE 5.0 Power Tweaks Web Accessories and Web Accessories for IE 5.0 plug-ins. The former will add an Offline/Online button on the toolbar, we can easily switch between offline and online statuses, in addition, the "Add to trusted Zone" and "Add to restricted Zone" options will be added under the "Tools" menu, which makes it much easier to set a trusted site or restrict the site, in addition, the "Copy an URL Location" command in the context menu can Copy the address of the current page to E-mail or file. The latter includes eight advanced functions: image zoom-in and zoom-out, Image Display switch, highlighted text display, and quick search. Then, even if your IE is not upgraded to version 6.0, the function is equally useful. In some aspects, it is even more powerful.

　　Re-recognize the program plug-in

I believe there should be a few friends installing Norton AntiVirus and FlashGet. I wonder if you have noticed the new button icon in the IE window after installation?

2. When you need to download the file, click the FlashGet icon here. You no longer need to switch to the desktop or run the program from the Start Menu; click the Norton AntiVIrus icon to view the suspicious files in the current status and quarantine area, or directly go to the Symantec Security Response Center to learn about the latest virus-related content, including category level, threat name, date for identifying the threat, date for adding a virus definition to defend against the threat, activity logs, virus Daquan and other related information, so as to timely learn about the latest virus information.

Figure 2 IE Plug-In Toolbar

In fact, it is not just Norton AntiVirus and FlashGet. After installing many other software, you will also add Button icons or toolbar to IE. After these toolbar are activated, You can greatly improve your work efficiency, some can even complete some special functions.

If you do not want IE to display these toolbar items, you can right-click the toolbar and remove the check box in front of the program plug-in that you do not need to display.

　　 Use plug-ins to enhance ie health

Although IE is becoming more and more powerful, it is not just all-powerful. In many cases, we may have to use some third-party software to complete some special tasks. If you do not want to install other browsers for a certain function, you can install the corresponding plug-ins to reinforce IE and complete tasks that may not seem to have been completed in the past, for example, you can enable IE to support resumable data transfer, fast search for keywords, open new pages in multiple windows, automatically fill in forms, translate webpages, and directly view EXIF information.

If you are installing a plug-in for MyIE, you only need to decompress the downloaded plug-in and copy it to the \ MyIE \ Plugin folder. However, because IE does not provide plug-in extension functions as MyIE does, therefore, we can only install the plug-in to ensure security in IE. In some cases, we even need to restart IE to make the plug-in take effect.

1. Search all over the world: Search plug-ins make search easier

I remember that when I did not install the search plug-in, I first logged on to the search engine's homepage, and then typed keywords to search, In order to fear that I forgot the URL addresses of these pages, I even put it in my favorites.

In fact, these search engines provide the corresponding toolbar. After installation, you only need to type keywords in the search box, and then press the Enter key to search, currently, many search plug-ins are used by users, such as Google Toolbar, Baidu souba, and 3721. Microsoft even recently launched the MSN Toolbar. In addition to making it easier for users to perform search operations, these search plug-ins also provide a function to shield pop-up windows, such as the "pop-up window Interceptor" in the Google search bar ", after the feature is enabled, the pop-up window is automatically displayed.PlaySound. If you want a page to display a pop-up window normally, you only need to press Ctrl when opening the link.

2. Graph industry: EXIF information viewing plug-in

Plug-in name: ExifShow

Software: free

:Http://www.exshow.net/download/exshow13c.exe

For DC enthusiasts, when viewing a beautiful digital photo, they certainly want to know the camera, exposure value, focal length value, and other parameters used by the author, the general practice is to download these digital photos back, and then use ACDSee and other software to view EXIF information. Because the download or storage process is indispensable, the operation is a little troublesome.

After the ExifShow plug-in is installed, When you browse digital photos in IE, you just need to right click and the "view EXIF information" option will appear in the shortcut menu, the dialog box shown in 3 is displayed. Right-click the information list to copy the selected EXIF information to the clipboard or save it as a text file.

Figure 3 view EXIF information

If some digital photos show "The image has no EXIF information", it indicates that the EXIF data may be lost due to some form of processing, or use a digital camera that does not support EXIF to take a photo.

3. Go all over the world: web translation plug-in

Plug-in name: Babylon

Software: free

:Http://www.babylon.com/display.php? Id = 95 & tree = 57 & level = 2 #892

If you visit a foreign website frequently, this plug-in will help you translate the selected words or paragraphs and support Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, French, German, Italian and other languages, during the installation process, the user is required to set the default word hot key. The default setting is to right-click, however, we recommend that you use "right-click + shift" or "right-click + ctrl" to retrieve words. Press ctrl and right-click the word or paragraph to be translated. The translation box shown in Figure 4 is displayed. Click "more results" to obtain more information, unfortunately, most of them are in English.

Figure 4 ie instant translation plug-in

Of course, the IE Plug-in is much more than the one described above. If you are interested, you can download and try it on the relevant website. However, it should be noted that the plug-ins mentioned above generally require that the IE version be later than 5.0. Otherwise, some functions may not work properly.

　　Let the plug-in be used by me

1.Operating SystemAttitudes towards pop-up windows

By default, ie adopts the "no rejection" attitude towards the pop-up window. For this reason, many third-party browsers with IE as the kernel provide the function of shielding the pop-up window to varying degrees, such as myie, microsoft has also built this function in the Windows XP SP2 to be released. You only need to select the "block pop-up window" option on the "Internet Properties> privacy" tab.

2. Centralized Management of IE Plug-ins

If you have installed the Windows XP SP2 collection package, you can find a project named "Manage Add-on" on the "Internet properties → program" tab, all installed, in-use, and disabled add-ons in the system are displayed here, which makes it much easier to manage, especially for plug-ins that are "easy to handle, disable it here.

Many IE Plug-ins are like a double-edged sword. Good use can greatly expand the functions and ease of use of IE. However, improper use can easily lead to system errors, therefore, I suggest that you install mature plug-ins as much as possible, preferably those released by some large portal sites or software vendors.

　　Uninstall IE Plug-in

Next, I will briefly discuss how to uninstall the IE Plug-in:

1. if a plug-in provides the uninstall function, it is much simpler. You can find the corresponding program from the program group and execute it directly. However, some plug-ins do not generate a program group during installation, you can find the plug-in from "Control Panel> add or delete programs" and uninstall it.

2. there are also some plug-ins that are not self-invited. The corresponding program groups cannot be found in the Start menu, and they are not displayed in "Control Panel> add or delete programs, in this case, we can try the "hard Delete" method. First, find the plug-in installation folder and delete it. The location is generally under c: \ Program Files, note that you should first close all open IE Windows and then enter the Registry. You can use the search method to delete the corresponding key value. We recommend that you back up the Registry when you delete it.