[Web4lib] Web browsers and library databases

[Benjamin Daeuber]

I have a grand total of 1 database that will not work in browsers other
than IE, and there's a work around for that. Mitchell OnDemand needs
ActiveX to run.

There are options for making IE only sites render in firefox or Opera,
but I've only needed it on the above site. We subscribe to a limited
number of databases, being a public library, but all our EBSCO and
ProQuest (including Ancestry.com) work with alternative browsers just
fine.

Benjamin Daeuber
Technology and Electronic Resources Librarian
Fargo Public Library
Office- 701-241-1490
Cell- 701-541-3287
 


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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sara Brownmiller
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:35 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Web browsers and library databases


Thanks to all who have responded.  Responses seem to focus primarily on 
the configurability of Web browsers.

What I am most interested in learning is whether you are aware of 
databases or electronic resources that you have licensed that will not 
work with a specific browser, or version of a browser.  For example, we 
subscribe to Mediamark Reporter.  To generate the reports, you must use 
Internet Explorer or Netscape.  When you try to connect to the site with

Firefox, the site does a browser check, tells you that you don't meet 
one of the access requirements, and suggests that you make an
adjustment.

Does anyone know of any other resources that have such restrictions?

Sara


> 
> On 8/6/07, Sara Brownmiller <snb at uoregon.edu> wrote:
>> We are upgrading our public workstations this fall and are reviewing 
>> whether to offer only Internet Explorer or whether to also offer 
>> Firefox.  Has anyone compiled a list of databases/resources typically

>> offered by a library and whether they are fully compatible with the 
>> major browsers and versions?  For example, do most databases perform 
>> as expected in Internet Explorer 7, as opposed to 6?  Do you get good

>> performance with Firefox?  Do you know of databases/resources that 
>> specifically have problems either with IE7 or with Firefox?
>>
>> I've done some quick Web searching and haven't seen anything that 
>> might provide an answer.
>>
>> thanks, Sara
>>
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>> Sara Brownmiller  . . . . . . . . . . . University of Oregon 
>> Libraries Director, Library Systems . . . . . . . 1299 University of 
>> Oregon Women's Studies Librarian . . . . . . . Eugene, OR 97403-1299 
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Sara Brownmiller  . . . . . . . . . . . University of Oregon Libraries
Director, Library Systems . . . . . . . 1299 University of Oregon
Women's Studies Librarian . . . . . . . Eugene, OR 97403-1299
snb at uoregon.edu . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-346-2368 (voice)
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