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What’s new in IEbridge

The changes in each version of the extension and the Windows companion app. The companion app updates itself; the extension updates from your browser’s store.

Windows companion app 0.3.2

1 change

Updates automatically

  • NewWorks with IEbridge installed from Opera add-ons.

Windows companion app 0.3.1

2 changes

Updates automatically

  • NewWorks with IEbridge installed from Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
  • ImprovedThe installer shows its own icon in the browser’s download list.

Windows companion app 0.3.0

10 changes

Updates automatically

  • NewThe companion app speaks 52 languages: it uses the one you pick in IEbridge or, otherwise, the Windows language.
  • NewDigital signature with a timestamp: Windows and antivirus software recognise it as signed software.
  • NewF12 opens the developer tools directly on Windows 10 and 11. On Windows 7 and 8.1 it tells you they aren’t available.
  • ImprovedRedesigned ActiveX and license prompts: sharp at any display scale, and right-to-left in Arabic, Hebrew and Persian.
  • ImprovedThe tab opens without waiting for the license server: the check runs in the background, offline too.
  • ImprovedRuns on .NET Framework 4.6.2, which already ships with Windows 10 (1607 or later) and Windows Server 2016: nothing else to install.
  • ImprovedWorks with the Supermium browser.
  • FixedThe “Do you want to debug this webpage?” window no longer appears when a portal has script errors.
  • FixedThe program shows its own icon in Windows instead of the generic one.
  • FixedNo longer writes diagnostic logs to the Windows temporary folder.

Extension 0.3.0

11 changes

Live on the Chrome Web Store

  • NewAvailable in 52 languages, with a picker in Options → General → Language.
  • NewFirefox version.
  • NewPro and Enterprise plans. Enterprise adds group policies (GPO) and Sync Options to configure every computer from one place.
  • NewImport and export URL rules as an Excel workbook.
  • NewNew “Data and diagnostics” section showing the state of the companion app and the license.
  • NewWorks in incognito windows, if you allow it on the extension’s page.
  • ImprovedRedesigned Options, with search and sections.
  • ImprovedThe companion app page downloads and installs it without leaving the tab.
  • ImprovedURL rules are checked as you type and edited right in the list.
  • ImprovedReady-to-use defaults: automatic URLs, shared session across tabs and direct SharePoint editing are switched on.
  • FixedThe license is no longer checked twice when an IE mode tab opens.

Windows companion app 0.2.2

4 changes

  • NewInstalls with a double-click, without administrator rights, and updates itself. Every update is signed and verified before it installs.
  • NewAsks before running ActiveX controls on a site: don’t allow, allow once or always allow.
  • NewWorks with Firefox.
  • NewListed in “Add or remove programs” and uninstalls like any other program.

Extension and companion app 0.2.1

6 changes

First release

  • NewOpen any page with the Internet Explorer engine inside a Chrome or Edge tab, from the toolbar button or the context menu.
  • NewIts own toolbar with address, back, forward, reload and a document mode picker from IE 7 to IE 11.
  • NewActiveX controls, pop-up windows and direct editing of Office documents in SharePoint.
  • NewAutomatic URLs: the sites on your list open in IE mode by themselves.
  • NewDeveloper tools (F12).
  • New30-day free trial and an annual license per computer.