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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is it possible to use Google-Chrome-Frame to save development time/money making application work for IE?

Let's say I outsource the development of an HTML/JS/CSS/AJAX web app targeting ONLY modern browsers. If it matters, assume there are 20 unique templates used in creating the application (to give an idea of the size of this application). My…
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Is there a way to make Google Chrome Frame work for Facebook Canvas Apps?

Not sure how to get Google Chrome Frame working for a Facebook Canvas App. With this, chrome frame works fine when the page is loaded outside of the Facebook iframe container (the…
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WebGL & Google's Chrome Frame - dropping support for IE

If you want to do browser-based 3D rendering, WebGL looks great but simply isn't supported in IE. Since the only other real option for browser-based 3D is to use a plugin, then it seems like Chrome Frame is a viable alternative... IE users still…
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Google Chrome Frame (GCF) problem in IE8 with cache

Maybe it has been asked somewhere, but I am trying to find my question and I am not able to find any answer. Here's my question: I am developing a web application and because of some major JavaScript issue in IE8, I need the user to run "Google…
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Selectively configuring Apache 2 mod_headers for Google Chrome Frame

I am currently evaluating Google Chrome Frame and so far i'm happy with it, but what i'd like to do is selectively use it for certain sections of my website. Some sections require ActiveX so need to be viewed in native IE, whereas others benefit…
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Opening an iframe for IE while using Chrome Frame

I'm trying to use Chrome Frame for a business web application and so far things are working well. However, I need to open an iframe that should be rendered using IE's engine and not Chrome Frame's renderer. The iframe doesn't have the meta tag for…
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Unable to log out using Google Chrome Frame and Windows Authentication

I have an MVC 4 application that uses Windows Authentication. My current challenge is I need to provide a logout button for users. I can acheive this in straight Chrome, in straight IE, but when I add the Google Chrome Frame(GCF) into the mix, I…
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Google Chrome Frame and Amazon Cloud Front CDN Timeout?

Our company is currently experiencing an issue with Google Chrome Frame enabled browsers and a third party site that utilizes an Amazon CloudFront CDN. For all CSS and JS files on the CDN, chrome sits on a request for 2 minutes exactly, and then…
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URI Scheme Redirect

How can I create a special URI scheme to open a link in Internet Explorer from Google Chrome? For example, if I execute ie:google.com in Chrome, a new window would open in IE with Google's homepage. I've followed the steps in "Registering an…
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Always using google chrome frame meta tag for standard compliant page, is good idea?

I was thinking to add meta tag always in all the websites. That will trigger google chorme frame to load for users who already installed. I can see the benefits but is there any concerns or facts that I should know before I do that? Testing in…
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Google Chrome Frame and Facebook Javascript SDK - Cannot login

On the example below i have an html page with the javascript code needed to login to facebook. On the i have the Google Chrome Frame meta tag that makes the page run with google chrome frame. If you open this page with any browser the finish()…
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Is it possible to access the contents of iframe via chrome extension?

I want to ask is there ANY way or extension that can pre-highlight text within the iframe whenever a new window is opened containing iframe? I have tried many extension but none of them works. I need to filter out content based on certain keywords…
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Sencha Touch on Internet Explorer with Google Chrome Frame plugin

I'd like to develop with Sencha Touch but I have to deal with Internet Explorer. As far as I know, ST is supported only by webkit-based browsers, so IE is not an option. But what about running a Sencha Touch project inside Internet Explorer (7) with…
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Google chrome frame messes up printing MathML

I use Mathjax to render some formulas on a site and everything works fine untill I try to print them. In IE, FF, Chrome everything works fine and the page is printed. But if I have Google Chrome Frame installed in IE it will mess up the formula: "9a…
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Google Chrome frame + IE8 = Displays old data in a databound control till I refresh the page

Exactly as the title says. I am using a listView which is not being updated with new rows when I normally brows to the page by means of my navigation link. It only updates the list with new data when I refresh the browser. Only happens on my IE 8 +…
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