• sharepoint and firefox: no rich editor for you


    okay, not entirely true.  i recently got a comment on how sharepoint might not make it in a company because one of the features, a rich editor for html that is used in rich edit areas, wiki, blog, etc., does not support firefox as a browser.  basically you can still edit, but you don't get the WYSIWYG environment.

    well, there are a couple of options.  first, the hack (i haven't even tried this to be honest so i shouldn't even be announcing it :-)).  in web.config (since sharepoint 2007 is an asp.net app) you can add <browserCaps> elements to the configuration section to "help" asp.net realize you have a modern browser.  slingfive.com provides a suggested file you can download and add in your web.config (please back up any web.config before you modify and test in a non-production environment).

    or...the better option.  our friends at telerik are providing and editor alternative for licensed sharepoint users.  you can read their press release to learn about the deal and you can sign up for the current beta.  they are providing an installation experience that is one-click so you don't have to mess with settings, etc.  the support for this would come from telerik.  this is great of them to do and they've done it in the past with commerce server (as pointed out in their press release).

    Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:56 PM

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    # re: sharepoint and firefox: no rich editor for you


    Thanks for the tip.
    I am "forced" to use Sharepoint at work, but at least I'd like to use my Linux machine to write wiki pages. These guys at MS definitely don't know what they're doing...

    5/31/2007 10:31 AM
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    # re: sharepoint and firefox: no rich editor for you


    Yes it is possible now to run IE api on Firefox, consequently to see this poorly web broser read MS sharepoint. (I still don't know why they keep it so tight with one specific browser in the era of so called web 2.0)...

    Luckily open community of FF provide by this abuse of market, in my point of view.

    so you have to set up add-on
    IE tab

    download it from:
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

    7/23/2008 12:56 AM
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    # re: sharepoint and firefox: no rich editor for you



    Please have a look at this worthy open source competitor of MS sharepoint. Free download and use up to 10 users.
    http://o3spaces.org/

    7/23/2008 1:10 AM
  • hamstar said:
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    # re: sharepoint and firefox: no rich editor for you


    Also, what is with the images in the wiki not showing up in Firefox? It's like they specifically engineered the product not to work in firefox. Images are like one of the simplest and most basic elements, how could they screw that up?

    8/1/2008 11:02 AM

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