Re: [cobalt-users] [XTR] Admin Left hand Navigation buttons gone in Mozilla Firefox

["Terrance Dwyer" <td@xxxxxxxx>]

>On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 09:33 AM, Ligard, Vidar wrote (in regards
>to the XTR  admin in Mozilla):

  > In the file /usr/sausalito/ui/web/libJs/collapsibleList.js
  > (My file was dated Dec 12, 2000.)
  >
  > Line 249 has:
  >     249   doc.write("<DIV ID=\""+_cList_elementId+"\"
  > STYLE=\"position:absolute;         visibility:hidden;
 >left:"+_cList_x+";
  > top:"+_cList_y+";\">");
  >
  > I changed the "visibility:hidden" to "visibility:visible", and it >works
  > fine.


  >I'd be extremely wary of using anything other than IE or the Netscape
  >family of browsers with the Cobalt admin.

 >mozilla, Safari, Konqueror etc, and Sun never saw fit to update the
 >Admin before EOLing the product.

 >While altering the collapsibleList.js allowed you to see the left hand
 >navigation, there may be other Javascript that doesn't work with Mozilla
 >that could cause more serious problems down the line.  (for example, if
 >there's incompatible javascript somewhere in the series of >scripts/pages
 >to create a new account, it could end up failing half way through and
 >you'd end up with some kind of email hash conflict).

 >All that said, if you *do* decide to continue using Mozilla, keep the
  >list updated with any problems you run into

-- 
  >Alan Storm
  >astorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


I've been using Firefox .8 without issue on 550's for a couple of months
now.  Admin screen same as Outlook. I've Also installed files, added
users, sites from the browser with Firefox.  Again, no problem. Might be a
problem with the older OS.

T. Dwyer
Indian Hill Media Inc.
Claremont CA