Re: [Koha] Firefox and Koha PAC
I believe the libraries in your system are using one of the PTFS/Liblime versions of Koha, right? I'm at a library that is using LEK from PTFS. At a meeting this summer of librarians from institutions using LEK, someone asked about Internet Explorer support. The PTFS/Liblime rep said that they do not support Internet Explorer. He said that because IE8 is more standards-compliant than previous IE versions, there may not be any issues, but the company doesn't specifically design it to work in any version of IE. We were told that if the development group wanted to be sure that LEK would support IE7 or some other specific IE version, then that would have to be funded as another software enhancement . The question was specifically raised whether the non-support of IE applied to the OPAC and the answer was yes. Whether this applies to the version you are using (Harley? Master?) I don't know. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober@manhattan.edu Vicky Teal Lovely <vtl@scls.lib.wi.us> wrote:
Hi,
We are wondering how essential it is to provide Firefox on patron PCs that will be accessing the Koha PAC. It would seem that upgrading Firefox is more difficult than IE, so our tech support staff are asking if we can drop Firefox. We do understand that Firefox is essential for Koha staff functions.
Thanks,
Vicki
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We were told that if the development group wanted to be sure that LEK would support IE7 or some other specific IE version, then that would have to be funded as another software enhancement
This is unfortunate. While supporting IE has never been a priority in the staff client, I've tried to accommodate it as best I can in my work on the OPAC, given we have no control over what browsers our customers use. Even IE 6 users should find the OPAC usable, although it will look more rough around the edges. I consider IE-specific Koha bugs to be bugs, plain and simple. Luckily, this is the kind of thing you can test easily for yourself--Find a PC with IE on it and give it a try. If you see any problems and those problems can be reproduced on an installation of Koha (not Harley, not LEK), then you can file a bug and we'll see if we can squash it. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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