as much as i try to avoid IE and try to promote firefox or any other open source browsers, IE still dominates the browser market. as web developer i still need to ensure the site works and looks right on IE.

but it’s a pain having to open (and wait for it to load) and close IE everytime i need to do this.

the same applies to going to sites that supports IE only. like most online banking sites - shame on developers (or perhaps the management?) not making them cross browser compatible.

IE tab solves this problem. it embeds IE in the tab with just a click. and you can switch back with just a click.

this works on windows only.

codetch is a free, open source source code editor.

the description at it’s download page says Get the feel of Dreamweaver in a Firefox extension.

i’ve never used dreamweaver and i can’t comment on that.

imo, this is a very primitive editor. knowledge of html is required.

i’ve been using firefox since it was in beta and love it! the only times i’m forced to use IE is i have to access sites that supports IE only (shame on you!)

ok, there’s another incident when i have to use IE. to make sure the websites i developed work and look good on IE. just because there are still lots of users who think IE is the browser.

for web development, firefox is a more superior browser. it has addons to aid development.

here are some of the addons i use (all free!):

• fireftp – ftp client.
• web developer – adds a menu on firefox with various tools. read this about its uses.
• colorzilla – eyedropper and color picker.
• show ip – shows the ip address of the current web site. so i can distinguish if i’m looking at production or development version - at work production and development are on different servers.