[Web4lib] IE 9 and Firefox 4

[Hoyte, Daniel]

I found a temporary fix for the tech adventurous. It requires using the
uacontrol extension and specifying the following user agent string for
the Ebscohost website:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8)
Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

I have tested it with FF 4.0.1, and it works.

Daniel Hoyte M.R.S.
Senior Library Systems Technician
Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University
714-532-7745
Skype: daniel.hoyte

- Who knew a comma in the wrong place 
- could make a floppy disk catch fire?
                   - Cary Gordon


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, James
(jmc)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:35 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] IE 9 and Firefox 4

Mary,

We've seen problems with EbscoHost and Firefox 4 - clicking on some
links (most links) just doesn't work. When I reported this to EbscoHost,
I was told that it will be fixed in their next software update in July.

      - Jim Campbell

      Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
      University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112

      513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Popp, Mary
Pagliero
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:48 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] IE 9 and Firefox 4

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
_______________
Mary Pagliero Popp, Research & Discovery Services Librarian
Digital User Experience Department
Indiana University Libraries, Wells Library W501
1320 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN  47405
812-855-8170    FAX: 812-856-2062   popp at indiana.edu



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