“IE Open Last Closed Tab” is a free Internet Explorer extension that can retrieve and launch previously visited URLs. On pressing a hotkey it displays a page of thumbnails representing previously viewed URLs that can be used to quickly access any of these sites. though it is possible to retrive open last tabs after closing internet explorer in ie7 but it is not possible to open just closed tab in IE7 as in firefox by this addon you can get upto 25 previously closed tabs this is nice addon for Internet Explorer
though Ie 7 pro will do same job this MuvExToe’s “IE Open Last Closed Tab” got feautured because it featured a nifty “Quick Tab” thumbnail view with the former didn’t and it was a single extension
Here are more notes on “IE Open Last Closed Tab”:
- How it works: the extension installs itself in Internet Explorer 7 and monitors sites visited. It will install a button on the IE command bar that, when pressed, will display a list of visited sites (see screenshot to the right). Alternately you can press a hotkey (Alt+Q by default) and get a page of sites represented as thumbnails (see screenshot above).
- The site history: this program apparently stores the URL history and does not use that of IE. What this means is that the list of visited sites can be retrieved even after you delete your browsing history, cookies, cache, temporary internet files, etc. You can delete the visited sites history from within the program itself.
- Quick tab style view: i.e. the page with site thumbnails. A rather cool feature. I am not sure why but many sites end up without a thumbnail/visual representation. Note: this page includes an ad at the bottom of the page, but the ad can be disabled; click on “disable product bar”.
- Number of tabs to remember: is set at 25 by default but can be increased up to 200.
- Keyboard shortcuts: Alt-X will automatically open the last closed tab, while Alt-Q will prmpt the Quick tab style view. There is no option to customize these shortcuts, however.
- The search box: this is only accessible from the Quick tab (thumbnail) view. Typing a word in the “find” box will immediately filter the sites on display. The search function seems to index the page titles and not the content within the page.
- Wish list: the ability to customize/redefine the hotkeys.
The verdict: this is quite a nice addition to Internet Explorer 7 and very useful to have. (I even like that it’s history is separate than that of IE7). I actually found that I was using this functionality more than I expected that I would, and moreover it is useful to retrieve sites after recovering from a crash. I particularly like the thumbnail page representation; overall highly recommended.
Version Tested: 3.5.0.0
Compatibility: Windows 2003/Vista/XP. Requires Internet Explorer 7 .Net FrameWork
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