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 on Vista for the E-Business Suite.
Vista Requires the Native Sun Java Plug-In
Remember that all browsers certified with the E-Business Suite on Vista (both IE and Firefox) must run Forms-based content via the native Sun Java Runtime Engine (JRE) plug-in. Oracle JInitiator is not certified for Windows Vista due to fundamental incompatibilities with Sun's underlying JDK 1.3 libraries on the Vista codeline.
Firefox on Vista is certified as a desktop client for Oracle E-Business Suite with the following Sun Java plug-ins:
- E-Business Suite Release 11i:
- JRE 1.5.0_12 and higher
- JRE 1.6.0_03 and higher
- E-Business Suite Release 12:
- JRE 1.5.0_12 and higher
- JRE 1.6.0_03 and higher
E-Business Suite Release 11i
- Oracle Applications patch 10 (11.5.10) plus Maintenance Pack 11.5.10 CU2 or later
- Oracle Developer 6i patchset 18 (6.0.8.27.x) or later (Metalink Note 125767.1)
- Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 (RUP 4) (patch 4676589) or later
- Oracle Applications patch 9 (11.5.9) plus Maintenance Pack 11.5.9 CU2 or later
- Oracle Developer 6i patchset 18 (6.0.8.27.x) or later (Metalink Note 125767.1)
- Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 (RUP 4) (patch 4676589) or later
E-Business Suite Release 12
Compatibility and Coexistence with Other Desktop Clients- Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, with R12.ATG_PF.A.DELTA.3 (patch 6077669) or later
A mix of the latest certified Windows and Mac OS X desktop combinations is supported. The actual mix depends on the specific Applications release that you're running; check the Notes in the Reference section for your release.
For example, the currently supported desktops for Release 11i include:
- Win2K / WinXP + IE6 / Firefox 2.x
- WinXP + IE7 / Firefox 2.x
- Mac OS X v10.3.9 + Safari 1.3 and higher
- Mac OS X v10.4.7 + Safari 2.0 and higher
- Vista desktop clients running the native JRE plug-in on IE 7
Firefox 3 is just cresting the horizon now, with the Mozilla Foundation suggesting that Beta 5 will be the last one prior to Firefox 3's release this summer. We've been working with Firefox 3 betas in our E-Business Suite certification labs for a while now.
While I don't have any firm schedules for our Firefox 3 certification, you're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I'll post as soon as soon as they're available.
References
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i (Metalink Note 285218.1)
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Metalink Note 389422.1)
- Upgrading Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) with Oracle Applications 11i for Windows Clients (Metalink Note 290807.1)
Upgrading JRE Plugin with Oracle Applications R12 (MetaLink Note 393931.1)
