How to Enable Netflix in Firefox

Recently, Netflix--which began life as a rent DVDs by mail business--has been branching out from their DVD business and into the realm of streaming media, delivering movies directly to their customers' computers and only requiring a subscription and an Internet connection to get it working. One of the nicer features of Netflix's new business model is that there is now the option to stream movies directly on your Internet browser through the use of a plug-in. However, because Mozilla Firefox does not support this option directly yet, you'll need to use a work-around to allow movies to stream on your Firefox browser.

Instructions

1. Open a new Firefox window and navigate to the Firefox add-ons website.

2. Install IE Tab for Firefox. IE Tab is an Internet Explorer window emulator that will allow you to run certain functions of Internet Explorer in Firefox.

3. Restart Firefox when prompted.

4. Click the "tools" menu in Firefox's menu bar and select "IE Tab Options."

5. Type "http://*netflix.com/*" into the URL textbox--be sure to include the asterisk signs--and click "Add."

6. Click "OK." You will now be able to view streaming movies in your Firefox browser window.

Tips & Warnings

• Unfortunately, because this system is reliant on Microsoft Internet Explorer to work properly, it will only work on systems that support Internet Explorer. At the date this article is published, there is no other known work-around to enable Netflix instant video in Mozilla Firefox.

References

• Smashed Life: How to View Netflix Instant Viewing in Firefox

Resources

• Firefox: Add-Ons