Entries from Oracle E-Business Suite Technology tagged with 'Firefox'
Interim Update #2: Certifying Windows 7 with Oracle E-Business Suite
This is the second of a series of regular updates on our Windows 7 certification projects for the E-Business Suite. Microsoft Windows 7 was officially released today. Here's a recap of our plans for certifying the Oracle E-Business Suite with Microsoft's latest operating system. As always, the answers to these questions may change as we move through the certification cycle. You're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for later updates. Our Progress on Windows 7 We're certifying Windows 7 with the E-Business Suite right now. We've already tested several of the Win7 betas and release candidates, and those tests have gone very smoothly. At this point, E-Business Suite product teams need to complete their certification tests with Windows 7 desktop clients. Once those tests are completed, we'll release our certification. For the usual reasons that regular readers could have predicted, I can't share any specific schedules or date estimates here. I can provide an interim update on the following Win7 questions: 1. Which EBS releases will be certified with Windows 7? 2. Which browsers will be certified? 3. Will Oracle JInitiator be certified for EBS on Windows 7? 4. Which Windows 7 editions will be certified? 5. What about Windows 7E? 6. What about Windows XP Mode?
Firefox 3.5 Certified with E-Business Suite
The final security update for Firefox 2 was released in December, 2008; Mozilla recommends that all Firefox 2 users upgrade to Firefox 3.x. We certified Firefox 3.0 with Oracle E-Business Suite in February, 2009. Since then, the Mozilla team has released several updates on the Firefox 3.5 line. I'm very pleased to announce that Firefox 3.5 is now certified with the E-Business Suite.
Interim Update #1: Certifying Windows 7 with Oracle E-Business Suite
Microsoft Windows 7 has been getting a lot of headlines recently. This seems to have triggered an small but noticeable increase in questions about our plans for certifying this operating system for E-Business Suite desktop clients.
We're working with pre-release versions of Windows 7 right now. For the usual reasons that regular readers could have predicted, I can't share any certification schedules or date estimates here. I can provide an interim update on the following Win7 questions:
- Which EBS releases will be certified with Windows 7?
- Which browsers will be certified?
- Will Oracle JInitiator Be certified for EBS on Windows 7?
- Which Windows 7 editions will be certified?
- What about Windows 7E?
- What about Windows XP Mode?
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Certified with Apps 11i and 12
Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now certified for end-user desktops connecting to the E-Business Suite Release 11i, 12.0, and 12.1. Supported Windows browsers are Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Firefox 3.0, with the following minimum prerequisites:
Firefox 3 Certified With E-Business Suite
The Mozilla team released Firefox 2.0.0.20 in December, 2008. This was the last update to the Firefox 2 codeline; no further additional security or stability updates will be available for Firefox 2. E-Business Suite users can run this version of Firefox 2 safely.
Mozilla recommends that all Firefox users upgrade to Firefox 3. Firefox 3 included some changes to its rendering and focus-handling model, and until now, we've had to (reluctantly) advise E-Business Suite customers to wait for our certification to be completed before upgrading to this latest browser release.
The wait is over. I'm very pleased to announce that Firefox 3 is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite.
Interim Update: Firefox 3 Certification With Apps 11i + 12
Some of you have been escalating your requests for updates on our upcoming Firefox 3 certification through Oracle Support and your Oracle account managers. These escalations ultimately end up in my beleaguered inbox. The buck stops here.
We are acutely aware that the clock is ticking for Firefox 2. Our certification of Firefox 3 with both Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12 is still underway. As I've discussed previously, I am strictly prohibited from discussing release dates of upcoming certifications or products. I can, however, share our progress on this certification.
Firefox 2 Not Long For This World
Computerworld reports that Firefox 2.0 is expected to get two more updates before it is officially retired at the end of this year. After that time, Firefox 3 will be the only Mozilla release to receive patches and updates.
Our certification of Firefox 3 on Windows-based desktops connecting to the E-Business Suite is currently underway. While this certification is going well overall, we have identified a few issues that require updates to our OA Framework UIX layer. Our Applications Technology Group is working on those fixes right now. I expect that we'll release our Firefox 3 certification for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12 once we've had a chance to test these latest patches.
You're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I'll post as soon as soon as they're available.
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Out With the Old, In With the New
[July 16, 2008 Update: Apparently, the Firefox team isn't sitting around eating bonbons all day. They've just released Firefox 2.0.0.16, less than two weeks after 2.0.0.15 was released. The former may be safely used with the E-Business Suite.] As a...
Firefox 2 Certified on Vista for Oracle E-Business Suite
Firefox 2 has been certified with the E-Business Suite for some time now on Windows XP. For those of you planning your Microsoft Vista rollouts, you'll be pleased to hear that Firefox 2 is now certified as a client browser...
Running Multiple Java Plug-Ins on the Same Windows PC
Judging from your blog comments and emails, many of you are in the difficult situation of having to support end-users with multiple Java plug-ins on the same Windows PC. This is a little more complicated than the days when Oracle...
Analyzing Memory vs Performance of Apps 11i and 12 Clients
I've recently published a new Oracle whitepaper that compares combinations of browsers with JInitiator and the native Sun Java plug-in (JRE) to determine which is best for low-specification clients. It provides specific scenarios and examples showing where there is little...
Windows Vista + IE7 Certified with E-Business Suite
[Mar 16, 2008 Update: Our JRE Certification and support policy has been updated; for details, see: New Sun Java JRE Plug-In Certification Policy for Apps 11i & 12] [Nov 20, 2007 Update: The original version of this article stated that...
Firefox 2 Now Certified with E-Business Suite
[Editor Update May 21, 2008: Keith has moved on to another team within Oracle and, sadly, is no longer an active contributor to this blog. Feel free to direct any questions about his posted articles directly to Steven Chan, instead.]Those...
New Search Plug-in for Metalink Users
Jake Kuramoto, my colleague over at the rapidly-growing Oracle AppsLab blog, has just unveiled a cool little seach plug-in for Oracle Metalink. This search plug-in allows you to search Metalink for Notes, error messages, and anything else you choose to...
Replacing Jinitiator: Java Plug-In 1.5.0_12 Certified with Apps 11i & 12
[Dec 7, 2007 Update: Sun JRE 1.5.0_13 is now certified with the E-Business Suite; see this article for details about the latest certification]I'm very pleased to announce that the native Sun JRE plug-in version 1.5.0_12 is now certified and Generally...
Will the Real JRE Please Stand Up?
Unlike Release 11i, E-Business Suite Release 12 no longer requires Oracle Jinitiator for its Forms-based content. In theory, it will be possible to use any version of the native Sun J2SE Runtime Engine (JRE) plug-in to access Forms-based content in...
JInitiator 1.3.1.28 Certified with Apps 11i
[Sept 10, 2007 Update: Jinitiator 1.3.1.29 has just been certified. See this article for information about the latest certified Jinitiator release for Apps 11i.]The E-Business Suite Release 11i has two interfaces: a web-based model for modules like iProcurement and iStore,...
The Temptation of Firefox 2
[Editor Update May 21, 2008: Keith has moved on to another team within Oracle and, sadly, is no longer an active contributor to this blog. Feel free to direct any questions about his posted articles directly to Steven Chan, instead.]Hot...
In Depth: Try Firefox 2 Beta without Breaking EBS
[Editor Update May 21, 2008: Keith has moved on to another team within Oracle and, sadly, is no longer an active contributor to this blog. Feel free to direct any questions about his posted articles directly to Steven Chan, instead.]...
Recommended Browsers for the E-Business Suite 11i
Editor Mar 2, 2007 Update: Added latest browsers to this summary, although readers are always well-served to check Certify (on Metalink) and Note 285218.1 for the latest versions certified.Editor Nov 27, 2006 Update: Added latest Safari certification information.I find it...
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