Open in IE Chrome Extension Analysis
Automation & Workflow EfficiencyChrome extension ID: looohpideggedchhpphemdmppnmdkgfd
Open in IE is a browser utility that enables the automatic or manual opening of specific websites in Internet Explorer. It requires a local native client host to execute OS-level commands, making it functional only on Windows systems with IE installed.
Overview
Installs
20K+
Rating
★ 3.5
51 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Automation & Workflow Efficiency
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The product positions itself as a specialized bridge for legacy enterprise workflows, allowing users to redirect links from modern browsers to Internet Explorer. It highlights administrative features, such as managed storage support for centralized IT deployment across network-connected computers.
Inferred product pattern
Legacy enterprise integration bridge requiring a local native host executable.
Review-backed pain points
High levels of user frustration stemming from the misconception that the extension provides IE functionality to ChromeOS devices, which the developer explicitly notes is unsupported.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of clear messaging regarding OS prerequisites during the installation flow; some users desire additional customization for UI elements like icons.
- Enterprise IT Administrators
- Users of legacy web applications
- Business professionals requiring IE-specific environments
- Redirecting specific domains to Internet Explorer
- Launching legacy web portals from modern browsers
- Centralized browser management via administrative policies
- Effective performance on Windows-based systems
- Useful for power users customizing browser paths
- Serves niche requirements for legacy site access
- Incompatibility with ChromeOS
- Confusion regarding installation on non-Windows hardware
- General frustration from users expecting native IE functionality on Chromebooks
- No pricing friction identified; product appears to be free.
Support
No direct support complaints, though users express confusion due to poor expectation management regarding OS compatibility.
Reliability
Reliability is generally not questioned by users on supported platforms (Windows), though 'non-functional' complaints arise exclusively from Chromebook users.
Privacy
None noted.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 1
- Languages: 1
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.3.3
- Size: 66.47KiB
- Last updated:
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