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Implementation Differences Related to Browsers

Siebel Open UI tries to hide specific differences in rendering between browsers within the user interface, but some browser-specific differences exist. Customers are encouraged to identify differences in rendering and to choose browsers based on the best usability offered. Examples are provided in this topic.

This topic is part of Siebel Open UI Server Deployment Characteristics.

Use of Popup Blockers

Siebel Open UI is compatible with popup blocker use. Make sure that Siebel application servers and third-party iFrames are whitelisted or excluded from blocking by popup blockers.

Impact of Browser Dynamic Patching of Browsers

Two basic strategies exist for managing your browser version:

• Lock browsers to specific versions. Although locking your browser version mitigates the risks of introducing regressive interactions into the Siebel CRM environment, this approach introduces the risks of not patching imperfect browser code and does not help in addressing functional and security fixes in browsers.
• Dynamically update browsers. It is strongly recommended to mitigate browser-related functional and security risks by allowing browsers to update dynamically. If regressive interactions occur, then Oracle and the browser vendors are committed to addressing these in a timely manner.

Validation Services for Standards Compliance

To validate Siebel application pages and the browser you are using against W3C standards, you can use any of several validation services, including the following:

• W3C markup validation:

  http://validator.w3.org/

• HTML 5 validation:

  http://html5.validator.nu/

• CSS validation:

  http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

• Lint, JSLint and derivative programs:

  http://www.jslint.com/

Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed browsing is supported with Siebel Business Applications for one active session. Multiple Web pages can be opened using tabbed browsing. However, only one tab can have a live connection to a Siebel application at a given time. Using multiple browser tabs uses more resources and therefore can affect client performance.

Language Support

In general, language support for Siebel Open UI is similar to language support provided in previous versions on the traditional clients. For a list of the languages supported by Siebel Business Applications, see 1513102.1 (Article ID) for version 8.1.1.x or 1524342.1 (Article ID) for version 8.2.2.x on My Oracle Support. See also Siebel Global Deployment Guide and Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using.