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Now you can use Google Chrome in Internet Explorer

There are many sites out there that require Internet Explorer (IE) as the default browser. Now there is a way for you to use Google Chrome’s rendering engine inside IE.

You can start by installing the Google Chrome plugin for IE. After installing the plug-in, you can test it by adding cf: in front of any URL from the address bar.

The plugin known as Google Chrome Frame, is an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.

For developers, to start using the Google Chrome Frame, just add a single tag:

As per Google Chromium Blog:

We’re building Google Chrome Frame to help web developers deliver faster, richer applications like Google Wave. Recent JavaScript performance improvements and the emergence of HTML5 have enabled web applications to do things that could previously only be done by desktop software. One challenge developers face in using these new technologies is that they are not yet supported by Internet Explorer. Developers can’t afford to ignore IE — most people use some version of IE — so they end up spending lots of time implementing work-arounds or limiting the functionality of their apps.

With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, even in Internet Explorer. From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like HTML5’s offline capabilities and <canvas>, to modern CSS/Layout handling, Google Chrome Frame enables these features within IE with no additional coding or testing for different browser versions.

You can download Google Chrome Frame from here.