I use Firefox at home - and we only upgrade IE when told to at the
surgery.
It sounds a lot of work and fiddling to use C&B in IE8: what are the
advantages in a surgery setting to upgrading to IE8 anyway?
Mary
(EMIS LV)
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WALTER <[log in to unmask]> writes
>For those using Emis, using IE8 does slightly interfere with attaching
>letter to LV. You can still save an rtf back to emis but the ability to
>link it to a previous consultation by clicking the "hyperlink" to that
>episode is lost, so all attachment of rtf files needs to create a new
>seperate consultation. (This will be obvious to LV users and double dutch
>to anyone else!)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Laurie Miles [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 03 February 2010 16:44
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Internet Explorer 8 - enabling with C&B
>
>Here is what I have discovered in the process of setting up Internet
>Explorer 8 (IE8) in Windows XP Pro, and enabling the web-based version of
>Choose & Book (C&B).
>
>
>
>(The menu is obtained by pressing the ALT key for all the solutions listed
>below)
>
>IE8 by default sets Popup blocker ON - C&B will not open with this - answer
>is to set it OFF (Tools/Popup Blocker/Turn off Popup blocker).
>
>
>
>There are display glitches and the loaded pages do not work properly (for
>instance, printing) - you need to set Compatibility mode for the website to
>stop this. HOWEVER, you cannot set Compatibility mode on ("for older
>websites") because CfH in their wisdom set the C&B browser with menus
>disabled, and you enable compatibility mode by selecting an option from a
>menu. I cannot understand the reasoning why there is such a basic flaw in
>the website design...
>
>This can be sorted out by selecting in IE8 (with another website loaded)
>Tools/Compatibility View settings, and adding the website ncrs.nhs.uk in the
>dialog box that follows.
>
>
>
>There are also a number of options under security (see the bottom of this
>message for changes suggested to *some* of these settings).
>
>
>
>Of course, when you load up C&B you get a Security warning: "Do you want to
>view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?", with the
>explanation:
>
>"This webpage contains content that will not be delivered using a secure
>HTTPS connection, which could compromise the security of the entire
>webpage".
>
>If you click NO to the question (you want to view the insecure content as
>well), the same message comes up again, and clicking no a second time allows
>full working access to C&B in IE8. Why does the NHS setup the C&B site in
>such a way that important security messages have to be bypassed, training
>people thereby that these messages do not matter (when in fact the risks the
>present are real for the Internet generally)?
>
>
>
>Anyway, I hope this helps others, and I would value further comments.
>
>
>
>Laurie Miles
>
>
>
>
>
>Here follows some suggestions that have been posted elsewhere - I think more
>options may need to be tweaked than this, but this will need a lot more
>testing. (Why aren't CFH [or whoever is responsible] testing this and
>disseminating this information? And why is there not a script to set this up
>for all users of IE8?
>
>
>
>IE8 fix:-
>
>
>
>Some users may get blank Worklists when opening the Choose and Book website.
>
>
>
>This fixes it. It adds one step to the initial suggestion that didn't work
>with me. This does.
>
>Please note that this is a per workstation/ profile, so you may need to
>apply it on more than one machine.
>
>To apply the fix to the PC that is not working:
>
>* Close all Internet Explorer windows.
>
>* Open up a new Internet Explorer window
>
>* Select Tools -> Internet Options
>
>* Within the Internet options screen, navigate to the
>Security tab.
>
>* Click on Trusted Sites, then click the Sites button
>below it
>
>* The website (https://nww.ebs.ncrs.nhs.uk
><https://nww.ebs.ncrs.nhs.uk/> ) must be visible under the web sites
>section. If this is not present, please add it, and ensure the Require
>server verification (https: <https://> ) for all sites in this zone option
>is ticked . If it says it is already in a zone, even if you can't see it
>click OK
>
>* Click OK (Trusted sites box will close)
>
>* Click Apply on Internet Option box
>
>* Still under Trusted sites, click the Default Level
>button
>
>* Still under Trusted sites, click the Custom Level
>button
>
>* Scroll down the list until you reach the
>Miscellaneous section. Scroll a little further down the list until you see
>the option for Navigate sub-frames across different domains. Please ensure
>this option is selected to Enabled.
>
>* Click OK on the security setting box
>
>* Click Apply and OK on Internet Option box
>
>* Close down Internet Explorer, open up a new
>instance, and log into CaB. CaB should be working as normal.
>
>:-
>
>
>
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