Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Internet browser issues with GeoNetwork

[Andrea C. <aca...@cr...>]

Hi Bob,

up to now only 2 browsers can be used with geonetwork: firefox and IE6.
For normal navigation maybe any browser is ok but for the Ajax code in
the administration pages firefox and IE must be used. This is due to the XSL
transformations made on the browser and only firefox and IE support it.

Firefox works perfectly because it is the browser I use to create the web
interface (so it is the reference browser). IE works (more or less) but it
is not recommended to use it because some pages have artifacts that
it was not possible to fix. It does not follow the standards and it is a real
pain to make geonetwork working on it.

Cheers,
Andrea

> Hi,
> 
> I am using GeoNetwork 2.1 beta 5.  I'm wondering if there are recommended
> browsers to be used with GN?  I generally use Firefox but thinking that I
> would like to deploy GN to our users who use mostly IE in the near future, I
> tried to use GN with other browsers such as Internet Explorer 6.0 and Opera
> 9.2.  
> 
> In IE 6, the main GN page comes up OK, though the 3 boxes containing the 3
> search types are not nicely aligned.  When using the Advanced Search and
> clicking on the graphic to the right of the Keywords field, the pull-down
> shows up OK but the second drop down box in the Where option overwrites the
> Keywords dropdown.  When going to Geographic Search, the "loading map
> viewer" continuously run with no completion. When I try to run Intermap by
> typing in the URL http://mypc:8085/intermap/ the map comes up but the
> navigation controls are disabled and I have a javascript icon in the lower
> left of my window indicating issues with intermap/srv/en/map.getMain.
> 
> In Opera 9.2, the main GN page comes up OK, and the 3 search type boxes are
> well aligned.  The Keywords pulldown list works well.  When going to the
> Geographic Search, the map viewer starts up OK (just like in Firefox) but
> when I click on Open Map Viewer nothing happens.  I look in the Opera Error
> Console and see some messages such as 
> CSS - http://mypc:8085/intermap/intermap-embedded.css?
> Linked-in stylesheet
> Declaration syntax error
> Line 701:
> filter: alpha(opacity=50);
> When I try to run Intermap by using the URL, the map comes up but the
> navigation do not work, they don't appear to be disabled as in IE, they just
> don't work (e.g., zoom in tries to pan the map).
> 
> I have a hunch that these issues have to do with java scripting and/or my
> browser configuration.  Any help or suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Best regards, Bob
> 
> 
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