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I've not followed the general discussion of this as closely as I should have in the past, so apologies if this has been brought up before, but -- EBS should abolish browser version checking completely. The users will figure out what doesn't work very quickly, and I daresay we could have discussions here about what to avoid. I say this because earlier, I found I couldn't do things in EBS from my laptop. Why? Because I run OpenBSD for all my machines. The version check in EBS didn't match what I presented in firefox, so I got a notice that I had an incompatible browser. The logic of demanding specific browsers is flawed. It if doesn't work, the user community will soon find out. --STeve Andre' On 06/23/11 16:06, David McFarlane wrote: > 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 >