Hi,

It's the Ebay IE8 Build bundled with the (new) Ebay Accelerators and Web
Slice widget and the Ebay toolbar (Optimized for IE8 etc).

Regards.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
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> Yogi wrote:
>
>> At http://ie8.ebay.com there are listed three addons, an Accelerator, Web
>> Slice, and Visual Search. However, all three install buttons lead to the
>> XML
>> file to install the Visual Search. I have managed to install the
>> Accelerator
>> from ieaddons.com. However, when you try to install the eBay Web Slice
>> listed on ieaddons.com, it takes you to http://ie8.ebay.com where the Web
>> Slice is not available. Is there anywhere else to go to get this Web
>> Slice?
>>
>> Yogi
>
> From the ie8.ebay.com web page:
>
> <div ... onclick="document.location='findOutMore.php#eVS';" >
> ...
> <a href="findOutMore.php#eVS">
> eBay Visual Search <span>Get instant search results</span>
> </a>
> ...
> </div>
> <div ... onclick="document.location='findOutMore.php#eAC';" >
> ...
> <a href="findOutMore.php#eAC">
> eBay Accelerator <span>eBay search on any site</span>
> </a>
> </div>
> <div ... onclick="document.location='findOutMore.php#eWS';" >
> ...
> <a href="findOutMore.php#eWS">
> eBay product updates <span>Using Web Slices</span>
> </a>
> </div>
>
> So those links run .php scripts on their server. They take you to a
> short product description page with a download link. When I visited
> those product pages using IE8, the download links there were:
>
> eBay Visual Search:
> http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c423...eBay_EN-US.exe
>
> eBay Accelerator:
> http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c423...eBay_EN-US.exe
>
> eBay product updates:
> http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c423...eBay_EN-US.exe
>
> Notice each offers the SAME file. Also notice they are bundled
> downloads. The file is 16.8MB in size, which is huge if all it were
> just one add-on.
>
> Now hover any of their "Free download. Internet Explorer 8 optimized for
> eBay" links. In the status bar, the file link goes to:
>
> http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c423...eBay_EN-US.exe
>
> Lookie. The SAME file again. All links go to the same file. My guess
> is they are shoving an entire IE8 32-bit installation package at you
> that includes their accelerators pre-installed. Well, you ARE visiting
> their customized IE8 download page, after all. The navigation path to
> this page is "Home > Internet Explorer 8 optimized for eBay" (it's shown
> there right at the top left of the web page).
>
> You could use the "Contact Us" link at eBay to ask *them* if they
> provide those add-ons separately or just what is in that same file used
> for all add-on downloads.