IE7Pro
software application
IE7Pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 that aims to enhance the feature set provided by the browser. IE7Pro adds features such as tab enhancement, an ad blocker and flash blocker, mouse gestures, inline search, privacy enhancements, online bookmark service, Greasemonkey-like user script support, and plug-in support. IE7Pro is available in several languages – this is made possible by user translations.
The support of the product was discontinued after the release of minor version 2.4.7 before Internet Explorer 8 was fully supported. The support of the product was continued again and a new version, IE7Pro 2.5.1 was released on June 2, 2010. However, the website's forum link and the Help & FAQ link are both dead. As of the latest version, 2.5.1, there are still some minor incompatibility issues with IE8 (the IE7Pro icon does not display in the status bar and the flash blocker does not work).
Overview
IE7Pro modifies Internet Explorer's default tab management features to add several options like double-clicking to close the tab, undo closing tabs, enable Super Drag n Drop where dragging a link and dropping it anywhere else on the page opens it on a new tab or dragging and dropping any selected chunk of text opens the results of searching it via the default search engine. IE7Pro also adds an ad blocker that uses a blacklist of sites to block ads in web pages. It can also block ads delivered as rich media such as flash movies.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “IE7Pro” is software application. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through IE7Pro, software and application, not as a finished interpretation.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q986321. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.
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