I think users are more conservative about upgrading their browser than adding a plugin; we've got a corporate client that uses an extranet with outside companies and while many can upgrade we hear stories like "our IT guy told us not to upgrade to IE8 because it causes problems with MS Office". Talk about FUD factor...
We were planning on doing exactly this by embedding Firefox in an ActiveX control, which would be signed as made by the our client because while people can refuse to upgrade their browser for a variety of reasons a signed control from a reputable source for a specific application makes it more of a business decision than a technical one. OK it still has to be permitted by an administrator but it has far less impact. In some ways I can sympathise because to replace your entire browser is a big deal, especially as IE is seen as an integral part of the OS but when we have talked to objectors about installing Firefox we find that some end-users don't realise that FF does not replace IE. Education is a huge gap to close and fingers crossed Chrome Frame will build a bridge at least part way across. John -----Original Message----- From: Fritz Zaucker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 September 2009 10:02 To: qooxdoo Development Subject: Re: [qooxdoo-devel] Google Chrome Frame On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Dan wrote: > Google just released (early preview) Google Chrome Frame which should make > life easier for many of us having to support Internet Explorer. All you > have to do is to add <meta-http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" > content="chrome=1"> in your <head> and if the user have the GCF plugin > installed, your app will be rendered using Webkit and use the V8 > javascript engine. Totally transparent for the user and if the directive > is not there, they get the old engine meaning that your IE6 only Intranet > sites won't break. Cool ... > If you have the power to make your users install a plugin, life should get > easier for you. I guess life would also/mainly be easier for the users (faster JS engine, etc). If I had the power to make them install a plugin, I could probably also make them use another browser ... My first reaction was, that this plugin would solve the problem where the users of my application are forced by their IT staff/polic(i)e(s) to use IE (and are not allowed to install another browser) could just install that plugin. Unfortunately, this requires Administrator rights and I guess that the IT staff/polic(i)e(s)s won't allow installation of this plugin either ... :-( Cheers, Fritz -- Oetiker+Partner AG tel: +41 62 775 9903 (direct) Fritz Zaucker +41 62 775 9900 (switch board) Aarweg 15 +41 79 675 0630 (mobile) CH-4600 Olten fax: +41 62 775 9905 Schweiz web: www.oetiker.ch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
