We have the same problems with announcements (and some other text) in Mac
browsers. We've also noticed some real issues since migrating to v6 with Mac
browsers under OS9. In particular, changing the date/time release/withdrawal
settings for an item does not take effect when using these browsers and if
you try to call up the calendar to make the settings the calendar appears
blank.
As one of our departments is primarily Mac-based and yet to upgrade to OSX
for many staff these issues are causing us real problems.
Best wishes,
Stan
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Curson Nigel Mr
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Sent: 08 October 2004 12:46
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Subject: Mac browsers and BB
Two questions in one - first for anyone like us still using BB 5.5 (or whose
memory of it is long enough) and second for those who have 6 and/or
Enterprise (to which we aspire).
A senior academic here is accessing Blackboard off-campus using a Mac
(precise spec currently unknown but pretty recent). He is using IE5 and
Safari under OS X and is getting a poor rendering of announcements. In IE
the announcement text is bundled into a small column on the left and using
Safari it's bundled into a small column on the right of the frame.
As it happens, I use Macs at home myself, but mainly access BB on an old
iMac running OS X 10.1 (he's clearly more recent, Safari doesn't run on
10.1) with no significant problems. Haven't yet tried giving Blackboard a
thrashing on my more recent machine. I realize BB5 pre-dates widespread use
of OS X and that supported browsers are in essence IE5 and Netscape 4 under
OS 9 - therefore more recent browsers cannot be guaranteed to work. So ...
My question for the 5.5 users is do they have knowledge of different
outcomes when viewing 5.5 on a Mac running OS X and/or suggestions for
workarounds, recommended browsers (Mozilla maybe)?
My question for 6/Enterprise users is do Mac browsers work better with 6 and
which ones are formally supported? At worst then I can hold out the offer of
a better life for my colleague should we upgrade in future.
Nigel
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