Questions tagged [google-chrome-frame]

Google Chrome Frame is a plug-in designed for Internet Explorer based on the open-source Chromium project; it brings Google Chrome's open web technologies to Internet Explorer.

Google Chrome Frame:

Google Chrome Frame is an open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer.

Chrome Frame support has been discontinued and it has been retired since 25-4-2014.


With Chrome Frame you can:

  • Start using open web technologies -such as the HTML5 canvas tag- right away, even technologies that aren't supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, or 9.

  • Take advantage of JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.


Official links:

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Detecting browser from within Chromeframe

Possible Duplicate: Is Chrome Frame conditional comments possible? I have a bookmarklet that I want users to be able to install in all browser. Just a simple link with some javascript behind it to be used like pintrest or evernote... It works in…
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How enable file-protocol in google chrome frame plugin for IE

I want to open an Html5 page in IE with chrome frame. But only http protocol supported and I can't open a html file from disk.
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How does chrome-frame install without admin privileges?

How does Chromeframe install without admin privileges? If I wanted to create a BHO in C#, would it be possible to follow the same process? If I understand correctly, I need to save the DLL on the client, I then also have to add a registry key to…
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How to package chrome browser in a branded exe/dmg installer?

I'm looking to create an exe (and maybe dmg) installer that simply opens an invisible browser window and navigates to a webpage. Preferably using Google Chrome's rendering/javascript engine. The idea is that I have a web app that I need to disguise…
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Google chrome frame - how does it work?

I'm looking into chrome frame and I'm wondering how it works.... http://scriptsrc.net shows that it's a javascript that can be embedded on the page.... http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/ shows it as an install file... does the JS prompt for…
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How can I host HTML5 in my .NET application?

How can I host HTML5 in my .NET application? Is there a WebKit control? Or a Chronium Control? Can I host the Google Chrome Frame inside the IE web control?
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Does Chrome Frame work in the legacy IE browser ActiveX control?

We have a legacy VB6 app that makes use of the IE browser ActiveX control (Shdocvw.dll). Will Chrome Frame work correctly when a web page is requested via the ActiveX control as opposed to a full stand-alone IE instance? Thanks
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Enabling Google Chrome Frame on DJ Native Swing

I have Google Chrome Frame installed on my Windows XP + IE8 machine. When I navigate to chrome frame enabled page using IE8, it works. But when I navigate to the site through a Java application that uses DJ Native Swing, the add-on is not…
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es5-shim or chrome frame for making angular apps work in IE

I am developing rich frontend apps which will be used by users running IE 8 and above. I am using angular.js as my frontend framework. I currently see two choices using es5shim or google chrome frame. What I am not able to discern are the…
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Download does not work with Chrome Frame in IE8

I have a string containing Excel XML Spreadsheet data that I want the users to be able to download as an .xls-file. I'm currently using the below code, which works fine in Chrome. However, since the majority of our users are still on IE8 we will…
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Why does the IE user agent string change so significantly on form POST?

I'm running a vote system. Sessions keys are partially generated using a hash of the browser useragent string. Some users are encountering errors because of weird useragent string changes as seen below by a page trace. The useragent is being…
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Is it possible to use Chrome Frame in the Web browser control

Guys can we enable Chrome Frame in the Web browser control available in Visual Studio.? If it is possible how can we do that?
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Internet Explorer with Google Chrome Frame - Resources from Amazon CloudFront hang for 2 minutes

CSS and JS resources for my site is hosted on Amazon's CloudFront CDN. The site itself and it's resources are accessed through HTTPS. When browsing the site in Internet Explorer 8 with Google's Chrome Frame plug-in installed, the site takes exactly…
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Internet Explorer behavior as Mozilla Firefox or Chrome

Is there a solution to get Internet Explorer to behave as Firefox or Chrome? I am looking for a solution that would not use css hacks. I mean maybe some scripts to force change all behavior of IE. Thanks a lot!
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IE9 with Google Chrome Frame window.Open issue

I am using Google Chrome Frame (GCF) with IE9 and when I open a javascript dialog it opens in a tab instead of a dialog. My IE setting for 'Tabbed Browser Settings' -> 'When a pop-up is encountered:' -> 'Let Internet Explorer decide how pop-ups…