How do Various Mac Web Browsers work with the features of SpEd Forms?

Tested 8/15/06 IE (os9 & X)
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FIREFOX (osX)
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OPERA 6 (os9)
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OPERA 9 (osX)
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SAFARI (osX)
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Save/Navigate EXCELLENT GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT GOOD
Java Warnings GOOD EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
Navigation Bar POOR EXCELLENT POOR EXCELLENT GOOD
General Printing GOOD EXCELLENT POOR GOOD GOOD*
Print Entire IEP GOOD EXCELLENT NA EXCELLENT NA
ER (select all) POOR EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT POOR
DesignMode POOR EXCELLENT POOR GOOD POOR

MOZILLA (os9 & X) and NETSCAPE (os9 & X) were also tested.  Their results were identical to FIREFOX.
MOZILLA 1.2.1 is the latest version (released 12/2002) of Mozilla that will work with os9   more info   download the OS9 version now



MICROSOFT IEversions testedosX - 5.2.2os9 - 5.1.7back to top
Save/Navigate IE has no trouble saving data and navigation seems to work smoothly.
Java Warnings All JavaScript Warnings work as expected.
Navigation Bar The navigation bar does not float as you scroll down but stays at the top of the page.
General Printing Cannot set margins and tables sometimes get chopped off on the right side (workaround: select "Print Preview" and make the text smaller).
Print Entire IEP Pages do not break correctly when one particular page runs over into two or more pages while printing the entire IEP.
ER (select all) The whole text box is highlighted when using "select all" which makes it impossible to find blocks of text.
DesignMode DesignMode is not supported with this version.

FIREFOXversions testedosX - 2.0os9 - not supportedback to top
Save/Navigate Firefox has no trouble saving data and while navigation seems to work smoothly. Text boxes are wider than in other browsers.
Java Warnings All JavaScript Warnings work as expected.
Navigation Bar The navigation bar floats with you as you scroll through the page.
General Printing Margins can be set through (print) Page Setup -> Paper Size -> Manage Custom Sizes. Tables look good when printed.
Print Entire IEP Pages break in the right places and print as expected when printing the entire IEP.
ER (select all) Highlighted text is displayed correctly when using "select all" in scrolling textboxes.
DesignMode All features of DesignMode work as expected.

OPERA 6version testedos9 - 6.0.3 not recommended because of printing issuesback to top
Save/Navigate Opera has no trouble saving data and navigation seems to work smoothly. Display ADS are shown at the top of the free version.
Java Warnings All JavaScript Warnings work as expected.
Navigation Bar The navigation bar floats as long as Opera and Mozilla are chosen as the identity but it is very slow and troublesome.
General Printing In version 6 for OS9 the margins are huge (more than an inch) and there is no way to get rid of Header & Footer info.
Print Entire IEP This feature was basically troublesome and did not work well at all.
ER (select all) Highlighted text is displayed correctly when using "select all" in scrolling textboxes.
DesignMode DesignMode is not supported with this version.

OPERA 9version testedosX - 9.00os9 - not supportedback to top
Save/Navigate Opera has no trouble saving data and navigation seems to work smoothly.
Java Warnings All JavaScript Warnings work as expected.
Navigation Bar The navigation bar floats as long as Opera and Mozilla are chosen as the identity. When IE is chosen as the identity the bar does not float.
General Printing Cannot set margins but tables look good when printed.
Print Entire IEP Pages break in the right places and print as expected when printing the entire IEP.
ER (select all) Highlighted text is displayed correctly when using "select all" in scrolling textboxes.
DesignMode Most features of DesignMode work as expected (tables cannot be inserted).

SAFARIversions testedosX - 1.0.3os9 - not supportedback to top
Save/Navigate Safari has no trouble saving data and navigation seems to work smoothly but images would fail to be loaded on occasion.
Java Warnings All JavaScript Warnings work as expected.
Navigation Bar The navigation bar floats with you as you scroll through the page (it is rather slow though).
General Printing Cannot set margins and pages are shrunk to fit. Margins are so big that the text on the printed page becomes difficult to read. *Newer versions, reportedly, have better printing results.
Print Entire IEP Printing the entire IEP is not an option because the pagebreak feature is not supported in any known version of Safari.
ER (select all) The whole text box is highlighted when using "select all" which makes it impossible to find blocks of text.
DesignMode DesignMode is not supported with this version.