2007 Web Browser Eval Team

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Important note: this page was part of a past product evaluation team which last convened more than 18 months ago. The information included may be outdated or obsolete.

This page has been created by the Spring 2007 Web Browser Evaluation Team as a place to collaborate and collect documentation and resources for the team.

The 2007 Web Browser Evaluation Team is working together from April 4 through mid-May (or the end of May as needed for documentation). For more information on the evaluation, please visit the [2007 Web Browser Evaluation Team website].

Contents

Team Members

Email list for group discussion: webbrowser2007 at isc.upenn.edu

  • Elizabeth Scheyder, SAS Computing, scheydec@sas (team co-lead)
  • Rob Short, ISC TSS, rshort@isc (team co-lead)
  • Jonathon Baron, Psychiatry, baron@psych (email participation only)
  • Ryan Butkus, ISC N&T, rnb@isc
  • Tad Davis, ISC AIT, davist@isc
  • Clarence Din, SAS, din@sas
  • Dan Dougherty, ISC TSS, dandough@pobox
  • Ian Kelley, CHC, ikelley@pobox
  • Larry Macy, Psychiatry, macy@bbl.med (email participation only)
  • Barbara McAleese, Penn CVI, mcaleese@mail.med
  • John Merz, CHC, jmerz@pobox
  • Steve Minicola, University Communications, minicola@pobox
  • Charles Rejonis, Wharton, rejonis@wharton
  • Roz Robinson, Wharton, robinsonr@wharton
  • Peter Shrom, ISC TSS, shrom@isc
  • Bill Smith, CHC, wtsmith@pobox
  • Scott Spitzer, SOM, spitzer@mail.med
  • David Toccafondi, Library, davidtoc@pobox

Questions for the Team to Consider

  • Overall team decisions on "Supported" and "Supported and Recommended" products
  • IE7 on Vista is essentially a separate browser from IE7 on XP SP2 (coding and relation to the OS)
  • Browsers to test

Evaluation Criteria/Things to Test

Products/Scenarios to Test and Results

  • Notes
    • Team members: put your name next to what you'll test
    • Testing to take place either on your own machines or in the ISC Standards Lab
    • There can be more than one tester per scenario, but please try to help fill out the missing links first (where possible)
    • Test script is hosted online by SurveyMonkey - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=942363617774 - email Elizabeth (scheydec@sas) if you need the password
    • Supplementary Test Script (added 4/20/07, just 2 questions) - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=759883682017 - same password
    • Test results will automatically be collected by SurveyMonkey

Final Recommendations

  • Supported and Recommended Products
    • (make caveats and environment specific notes as needed)

Mac OS 10.3.9/10.4.x

  • Firefox 2.0.0.x - supported & recommended
  • Safari 1.2.x/2.0.x - supported & recommended
    • Safari on 10.3.9 - no custom popup blocking
    • Some Google tools (docs & spreadsheets, iGoogle) may be problematic with Safari

Windows XP SP2/Vista

  • Firefox 2.0.0.x - supported & recommended
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 - supported, but may become more important as Vista gains market share
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (Windows XP SP2 only) - supported specifically for Ben Financials and Business Objects users
  • Supported Products
    • (make caveats and environment specific notes as needed)

Documentation

  • Penn web applications (placeholder)
  • Configuration docs (placeholder)

Resources and News

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