How To Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer


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Are you a fan of Internet Explorer but you like the features of Firefox? Ok, then how about using Firefox which looks exactly like Internet Explorer?

Internet Explorer in Firefox

John Haller helps you in changing Firefox to Internet Explorer in just 5 easy steps.

The Theme:
The first step is to change the theme of Firefox to look like Internet Explorer using the addon ‘Looks Familiar Theme

The Icons:
Next to make all the icons that are in Firefox to look like Internet Explorer Icons, he provides a set of ‘Firefox Internet Explorer Icons Pack’

The Toolbar Layout:
Steps to customize the toolbar and its layout to look exactly the way it is in Internet Explorer with all the Bookmarks, History and Print button.

Window Title:
This little hack helps you to display the application as Internet Explorer instead of Firefox in the Window Title.

Miscellaneous Features:
By default there are some features which are available in IE but not in Firefox. Adding these miscellaneous features will make Firefox have all the exclusive features of IE.
Favorites Menu
Allow Copy/Paste
IE Tab
Adding Default Links

After this transformation it will really hard to find out whether you are using Firefox or Internet Explorer as it will change the entire look, features and even the title name. So enjoy all the features of Firefox still thinking that you are using Internet Explorer. :)


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    6 Responses to “How To Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer”


    1. 1 green

      Nice article, thanks for sharing:)

    2. 2 Ken Xu

      Ha-ha-ha! I hope with this, Microsoft IE going to get tight “bite” by firefox! ;)

      Good article, mr.byte! bite IE to nothing! ;p

    3. 3 Benedict Herold

      I personally don’t wanna see any flavors of IE showing up in Firefox, since I don’t want to be scared of getting crashed down ;-) lol :D btw nice writeup..

    4. 4 Jayce Ooi

      Thanks for sharing. :)

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