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I.E. Plug-in vs Full Browser View: Differences in Functionality

nevets22 — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:59:49 GMT

Hi All,

In the near future I plan to migrate my users from the Full Browser View to the Internet Explorer Plug-In View to enable use of macros and to make use of the additional functionality that the plug-in offers (set reference, etc.).

With that said, I was wondering if anyone knows of a document that compares the full list of differences in functionality between the Internet Explorer plug-in and the Full Browser view?

Any help at all would be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve

Re: I.E. Plug-in vs Full Browser View: Differences in Functionality

nenadvukovic — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:00:47 GMT

‌Hi, from top of my head I prefer IE plug-in because:

1. It is faster in opening and usage

2. It renders better

3. Pivot tables are easier to use

4. Cycle buttons are easier to use as you can select available dimensions rather then cycling through them

Enough for now

Re: I.E. Plug-in vs Full Browser View: Differences in Functionality

nevets22 — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:14:12 GMT

Your response was very helpful, Nenad! Thank you!

Re: I.E. Plug-in vs Full Browser View: Differences in Functionality

Magnus_Berg — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 08:17:27 GMT

Plugin is all good, but it have some limitations.First it uses a different port for communication so it's more difficult to setup using secure transports (vpn/https), Also if Microsoft stops support of IE plugins it will probably also be the end of the plugin. Regards /Magnus