Managing Browser Add-Ons
Internet Explorer is extraordinarily customizable. Developers can extend its capabilities in highly visible ways, by adding new toolbars, Explorer bars, menus, and buttons. A programmer can also hook into the browser's core features to extend its search capabilities, manage the process of filling in forms, and save bookmarks—to name just a few of the tricks that popular add-ons can perform. These add-ons take the form of browser extensions, browser helper objects (BHOs), toolbars, Java applets, ActiveX controls, and other types.
Unfortunately, add-ons have a dark side as well. A poorly written add-on can interfere with the smooth operation of Internet Explorer, resulting in mysterious crashes and other glitches; a malicious ...
Get Microsoft® Windows® XP Networking and Security Inside Out: Also Covers Windows 2000 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
