Recommended Internet Explorer 7 Add-ons

IE7pro greatly improves upon the functionality of your web browser. Included are enhanced tab options, customizable ad filters and search engines, modified mouse gestures and much more.

FoxyTunes lets you integrate some of the most powerful media players around such as iTunes and Windows Media Player directly into your browser window. You are given the ability to control your media player of choice from IE's status bar or toolbar section.

StumbleUpon is a browser toolbar that scours the Internet for you, finding thousands of web sites that match your interests. Not only does it find endless sites based on the topics you are interested in, it also allows you to meet and message people with similar interests and create a network of friends. You are also given the ability to recommend, write reviews on, and share sites with your friends network via StumbleUpon's messaging system or with anyone else via email directly from the toolbar itself.

ieSpell checks the spelling of almost any text that you enter in IE, whether it be Web-based email, blog entries, forums, and so on. The add-on also lets you look up the meaning of a word in your choice of several online dictionaries.

Meebo is a web-based service which gives you the ability to simultaneously connect to multiple instant messaging services via your Internet Explorer browser, eliminating the need for any client applications. The messaging services supported by Meebo include AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo! Instant Messenger (YIM), Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ, and Jabber.

Inline Search allows you to easily find words or phrases within a web page. Used as an alternative to IE's default search, the add-on mimics Firefox's search behavior by providing "find as you type" functionality in a search pane located at the bottom of your browser window.

Finjan SecureBrowsing searches major web sites as well as search results for malicious content hiding behind links. By accessing and scanning destination URLs in real time, the add-on proactively warns you when a link is potentially dangerous.

Pronto Shopping Messenger helps in your search for the best value when shopping online. Even the most experienced online shopper may find it an arduous task to sift through dozens of sites to find the cheapest price on a particular item. This nifty little add-on does it for you, without getting in your way while browsing. It is limited by only working for retailers that sell in US dollars, however.

1-Click Answers instantly provides definitions, facts, and more on any word that you choose within your browser window. The information, conveniently displayed in a pop-up bubble, is retrieved from the massive Answers.Com reference library. Several configuration options enable you to customize 1-Click Answers to your liking, and an integrated toolbar provides even more benefits.

Quero Toolbar is intended to be used as a replacement for IE's address bar. This is in direct contrast to the majority of toolbars currently available as they tend to take up valuable browser real estate. The search feature includes dozens of built-in sites across several predefined profiles, ranging from the usual suspects such as Google to sites such as MSN Money. Pop-up and ad blocking is taken to the next level, allowing you to not only block standard pop-ups but to stifle even some Google ads from appearing. Most importantly, it can protect you from certain types of phishing attacks.