Why RIM why?!?!?

[freaktech.livejournal.com]

We are a small company of less then 100 employees. I have been running Blackberry Professional Software for our Blackberry solution for a couple of years. This year RIM is discontinuing BPS with the release of Blackberry Enterprise Server Express. I was actually quite pleased with this as BPS was still at version 4.1 and had not been update with some of the new features in some time. I did the upgrade yesterday and everything went wonderfully until I tried to log into the management console from my linux box via Firefox. Why would you right you management console to support only Internet Explorer 6.0 - 7.x?!?!?!

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[mouser.livejournal.com]

Sadly, a lot of web consoles do that. They often require Java, which means I can't use my iPhone.



Yea, not happy here either.

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

IE tab, addon?

[wibbble]

In Linux?

[superbus.livejournal.com]

There's an IE Tab add-on for Firefox that works in Linux, too. That's what I was going to recommend as well.

[freaktech.livejournal.com]

Where would I find this IE Tab for Linux. I have looked some time ago and there was not one available. I just looked again and both IE Tab and Coral IE Tab are not available for Linux.

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/

If not, they make IE7 for linux. I think we had a thread somewhere... or it was on Reddit.

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

This.

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

So what's a reasonable, secure, functional alternative?

*crickets*

(Ok, I think BES software is not the be-all and end-all, but it WORKS)

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Well, amazingly enough, there are thousands of enterprises with thousands of email users, that seem to have found that "particular" use for it. The associated shitloads of profit means that RIM isn't going to go down the gurgler any time soon.

And seriously, it's one of the more stable pieces of communications software I've encountered. I've worked with it for 4 years and not had a single issue. It "just works".

[archatos.livejournal.com]

Try with Opera and tell it to identify as IE. Usually works well.

[freaktech.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the console is using ActiveX controls. It would display fine in Opera, but much of the functionality would be lost.

[valiskeogh.livejournal.com]

i just had a thought...

if i worked for Research In Motion... would that mean that i have a... RIM job?

[dysan27.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it would. That is actually a standing joke around Waterloo (RIM Headquarters).

[jokergirl.livejournal.com]

*RIM shot*

[sithanas.livejournal.com]

Just had my technical account manager come in for a presentation... apparently BES 5 SP1/2 are browser agnostic and BESx is expected to receive that in the next update.

[freaktech.livejournal.com]

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

No support for IE8? (And therefore no support for Windows 7?)

[tecie.livejournal.com]

I love your user icon.