[Web4lib] Web browsers and library databases

[Thomas Bennett]

My results of testing a homespun captcha type product shows that JAWS only 
reads javascript alert boxes in IE.  So if you have any accessibility 
concerns and you limit to one browser this would be a consideration.  
Otherwise I haven't seen any browser specific issues with databases and we 
use IE, Firefox and Opera on our public PCs.

Thomas

On Monday 06 August 2007 19:41, Sara Brownmiller 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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