IEBMaker 1.22

To let computer users surf the web and access all the information available online, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has come up with the Internet Explorer web browser (IE for short). IE, which comes bundled with the Windows operating system (also developed by Microsoft), has for a long time been holding the lion’s share of the browser market. Because Windows is the most used operating system out there, IE which comes bundled with Windows is the most used web browser out there.

While Microsoft lets you surf the web with IE, Spanto Soft, company located in Barcelona Spain that specializes in developing custom software solutions, allows you to create a bar for the Internet Explorer browser.

Founded in 1997, Spanto Soft has developed software applications from a wide range of domains: videogames for advertising campaigns, scientific software, GNU software, web hosting, web programming, multimedia software and many more. One of the applications the company came up with is IEBMaker.

Thanks to this application a company for example could come up with an Internet Explorer bar that suits the company’s needs. The company comes up with the bar -> IEBMaker generates a small .exe file -> the comp[any distributes that executable -> the customer runs the executable to install the IE bar on his system. Whenever the customer uses IE to surf the web, that customer views the bar – this makes IEBMaker the perfect advertising tool for your company. The IE bar can deliver a lot of info to the user, like for example the latest company news.

IEBMaker weighs in at 1.5MB, meaning the download should complete in no time at all. The installation process and using the application is a very straightforward process that should not pose any significant problems. The user interface is intuitive and user friendly, making it a quite easy to use IEBMaker.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Works with all Windows versions
• Embedded browser
• The company logo appears as a button on the IE bar
• Feature that lets customers search within the company’s website or on search engines
• Up to 8 option buttons
• Configurable installer

Cons

• Shareware, not freeware
• Trial version is limited: only 3 option buttons, cannot use the embedded browser, ads may appear instead of your content.
• Nag screen

IEBMaker has been reviewed by George Norman on 07 Apr 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated IEBMaker 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent