Re: [cobalt-developers] Problems with the Cobalt GUI and Linux browsers

["William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Responses below.

On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 20:09, Bruce Timberlake wrote:
> > For some reason I cannot access my XTR's web interface properly on Linux
> > no matter what browser I use, with one exception Konqueror.
> > I have tried Galeon 1.2.0, Mozilla 0.9.9, Netscape 6.2.3, and Opera 5.
> > 
> > If it were not for Konqueror, I would be forced to access my XTR's gui
> > using a Windows machine. 
> > 
> > I am ok with using Konqueror  but it's pretty strange that the web
> > interface only works properly with it and not the other browsers?
> 
> It's all in how the browsers interpret the Javascript bits that are 
> included in parts of the UI (for in-form validation, etc).

That explains it.

> > This is not really a complaint, it's more giving feedback to the Cobalt
> > guys as to how the web interface performs on some Linux browsers. Has
>  > anyone else experienced this funkiness? Is there a solution?
> 
> I personally use Netscape 4.7x on Linux and Solaris, and it works very 
> well. While I won't argue about it's being outdated, etc, it does work.

Regardless if it being outdated, that version is still what ships with
RedHat, I just never installed it because I figured the later editions
of Netscape would at least be backward compatible. Really strange that
the older one works better than the new ones.

I assume the guys at RedHat aware of this thus not shipping the latest
version of Netscape. I wonder if this problem will be fixed in Netscape
7.x, or Mozilla 1.0? Don't they use the same engines?

> All our development people use Linux on their workstations as far as I 
> know, so they are pretty well aware of what limitations are out there 
> regarding the UI and browsers... I think it comes down to the critical 
> mass issue - making it work the best in the browser(s) that are most 
> dominant in the end-user world...

Isn't that the case with everything. :)
It's still a MS world, but I am doing my part to change that, and so is
Sun. ;)

> given the amount of time (and therefore $$) it takes to run a full QA 
> cycle for each browser on each product UI, it's hard to financially 
> justify testing some of the less-popular browsers, regardless of what 
> our personal preferences might be... :)

No problem I completely understand. Although I was just not sure if you
all were aware of it. Obviously you are so I will shut up now and enjoy
the flavor of my foot. :)

Otherwise I do like the new architecture, I can't remember the name, but
I do like it. Nice work.

> -- 
> Bruce Timberlake
> Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> 
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Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
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