Again I have never looked at that part of the browser ... knew it was there but never looked at what it was used for.
I added on the following extensions.
1/ Click on the downfacing arrow to view the chioices
2/ Click on "Find more providers" this gives you a list of extensions and addons
As you can see from the picture below I added:
- The search bar Ask.com
- Ebay.com search
- Newscorp.com
3/ When you find the extension you want, click on it and the following window appears.
Just click "Add theprovider" to download the extension to your browser.
Add-ons
(I chose to upgrade my browser to IE8 to get the newer add-ons)
To add an add-on to your browser simply do the following:
If you look up at the tool bar you will see the "Favorites" tool bar
Look to the right of this tool bar and you will see a drop down menu titled "Get More Add-ons"
Simply copy and paste the link circled above or just click on the underlined link above it
This takes you through to the MicroSoft site where you can choose from a list of add-ons from different genre's such as:
- News
- Entertainment
- health etc ...
I chose Photo's and Video menu and from this a new IE8 feature called Colliris.
Also because my girls are heavily into music I added the Radio & MP3 player
This is a new add-on that uses the Vista type search where pictures etc are streamed across the page.
Simply click on the button "Add to Internet Explorer
The following alert box then opens:
Save the file to your desired folder:
Navigate to the folder where the file has been saved and double click on the file to activate it.
The following window then appears:
Tick the checkbox to accept the license
The "Install" button is then activated
Click this to load the new add-on
Now you have the new add-on istalled on your browser.
