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Esther, Thank you for your reply. I beg to differ. The issue is whether the the fault is due to the browser, or due to the web application that wishes to run in the browser. If a web application (i.e., EBS) is implemented using known deprecated non-standard browser functions, and newer browsers, drop support for those non-standard functions in favor of well-established standards, then the fault lies with the web application, *not* the web browsers. In fact, if you are waiting until IE, FF, and the rest change their code to make EBS run again, well I think that wait will never end. Browser makers will win this battle, and it is incumbent upon the EBS developers to adapt to well-established modern web standards, not the other way around. So I stand by my statement -- the notice on the EBS home screen should indeed read, "We are working to determine when the system software will support Firefox 4 and Firefox 5 (for both Windows and Mac) and Internet Explorer 9." -- dkm At 7/6/2011 08:06 AM Wednesday, Esther V. V. Reed wrote: >I believe the statement is correct and FF 4 & 5, and IE9 may not >currently support EBS. We had a few users upgrade to FF 4 and IE 9 in >the past couple of weeks, and found problems with both browsers when >using the HR / SAP modules (SAP hung or crashed or froze or threw >continual errors). We have since downgraded those PCs to FF 3.5 or 3.6, >and IE8, which eliminated those problems. We have also disabled the >auto-upgrade settings for FF. > > ~ Esther > >Esther V. V. Reed >IT Systems Administrator >MSU Graduate School >[log in to unmask] > >-----Original Message----- >From: David McFarlane [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:13 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [MSUNAG] EBS vs. browsers again > >When I go to the EBS home screen, I find the following notice from way >back on 3/23/2011: > >"Internet Explorer and Firefox have released new versions of their >respective browsers. Currently, both are unsupported by EBS. We are >working to determine when Firefox 4 and Firefox 5 (for both Windows and >Mac) and Internet Explorer 9 will support the system software. It is >recommended to use Firefox 3.6 or Internet Explorer 8, as your work >requires, on your system and use it to access EBS Portal applications." > >Isn't that backward? Don't FF 4 & 5, and IE9, already support EBS? >Shouldn't that instead read, "We are working to determine when the >system software will support Firefox 4 and Firefox 5 (for both Windows >and Mac) and Internet Explorer 9"? > >Whom do I contact to make the correction? > >-- dkm