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From what I read on Slashdot and hear from Gibson's Security Now! netcast, IE9 passes the Acid3 test to a very high degree, and now actually honors web standards more than any other browser, including Firefox and Opera. -- dkm At 6/23/2011 04:14 PM Thursday, Vivek Joshi wrote: >Ah modern browsers following web standards. That would be good. > >-----Original Message----- >From: David McFarlane [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:06 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] updated browser support for EBS? > >OK, but that begs the question of, why should the user have to go through >such contortions in the first place? Shouldn't any web system be designed >to follow well-established standards in the first place, so that it works >with modern browsers? If a system works with older browsers, and newer >browsers still run the old code, then shouldn't a system just work with >newer browsers without any fuss? And if so, shouldn't that system *not* >include code to specifically and arbitrarily exclude newer browsers? > >Like others, I find this simply unacceptable. I would be ashamed to release >such a system myself. > >-- dkm > > >At 6/23/2011 03:43 PM Thursday, Rytlewski, Jamie wrote: > >It's not that they can't use EBS if they upgrade, they just have to use > >compatibility mode (withIE). It's really not that difficult to use > >compatibility mode. Yes, you have to show your users how to do it, but > >I've had no problem in my office. > > > >On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:40 AM, Kim Geiger wrote: > > > > >>>> On 6/23/2011 at 3:29 PM, Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > >> I agree with you about the lack of support for newer browsers, the > > >> Angel/Blackboard system has the same limitation. > > > > > > I was just grumbling about this this morning. Yes, it's true > > that I don't understand the nature of the problem behind the scenes, > > but if I encountered it at Amazon or elsewhere, they'd lose a sale > > rather than get my sympathy. > > > > > > It's kind of, well, unacceptable, actually, and it's turning into > > a real support hassle for me as my users, despite my admonitions, > > click on the upgrade button and then can't use EBS. > > > > > > -- > > > Kim Geiger > > > Information Technologist > > > Broadcasting Services > > > Michigan State University > > > 517-432-3120 x 429