[Web4lib] IE 9 and Firefox 4

[jimm wetherbee]

We had seen the same sort of thing back with IE8.  I forget which
textbook publishers this affected but what happened is that they took
advantage of certain IE7 features that ended up breaking in IE8 when
Microsoft began making its browser more standards compliant.  OTOH,
these same publishers had trouble with FF and Safari.

--jimm

On 5/11/2011 11:44 AM, Cary Gordon wrote:
> Why would you use a browser that does not work correctly with your
> target resources, or creates a potential support black hole?
>
> That said, I am surprised that the Thompson folks haven't made their
> databases IE9 compatible. Have you communicated with them about this?
>
> Cary
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Popp, Mary Pagliero <popp at indiana.edu> wrote:
>> Hi!  We are getting ready to change the browsers on staff (and eventually public) workstations in our Libraries to Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4.   Has anyone else done this?
>>
>> We did discover that the Thomson Reuters ISI databases (e.g., Web of Science) do not work well with IE9.  In IE9, the user cannot see the search results.  But, if the user clicks on the compatibility mode icon in the address bar area to go to an older browser version, the results will display.
>>
>> We are continuing to test databases.  Has anyone found any other research databases that don't work with either of these browsers?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mary
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>> Digital User Experience Department
>> Indiana University Libraries, Wells Library W501
>> 1320 E. 10th Street
>> Bloomington, IN  47405
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