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I will - just as soon as our Sharepoint installation properly supports other browsers. That ain't going to happen though, is it?

sgt 7y ago
I think you'll just need to rewrite that Sharepoint that app first.
wjnc 7y ago
My company uses SharePoint and Chrome. What are we missing? As a light user I've not yet missed a thing.
- fowl2 7y ago
  great big list of stuff that only fully works in IE here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning-0#browser-details https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-...
  - anon9001 7y ago
    Wow, that's a lot of core features. And it sort of makes sense because it's all in ActiveX, and ActiveX is not supported by Edge. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-to-improve-compatibility https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-... So an ActiveX control written in 1996 can run in Windows 10 Enterprise today via IE11. Neat... I guess.
    - Angostura 7y ago
      There are quite a few other things that don't work with, such as calendar overlays - the ability to display multiple calendars on a single calendar page. LOts of other weirdnesses too.
    - non-entity 7y ago
      > Enables a webpage to display a contact card and presence status for people. Integrates through client-side APIs with Office client and Skype for Business client. It's crazy that modern sharepoint version still use ActiveX for something like this imo. I wonder if Microsoft's newer web APIs could be used to reimplinent this functionality without ActiveX
      - jsmith99 7y ago
        In Microsoft Teams they do, but I find the availability status sometimes conflicts with what the Skype for business app says.
tobr 7y ago
It sounds like you should try to upgrade to a modern employer.
- zaat 7y ago
  That will solve his problem, but there are millions of employees out there relying on the same old stack and it isn't going to be replaced in the next few years, despite the failing support and the better alternatives. Replacing all those systems will take time and money in large quantities.
  - cweagans 7y ago
    Replacing those systems will happen faster if they can't find people willing to maintain that old stack.
    - zaat 7y ago
      These old systems I see at gov and enterprise customers are rarely replaced when no one maintains them, they are held running by small miracles and large stitches. In many non-tech large organizations there are too many legacy systems for anyone to consider replacing them all. Go visit a large hospital near you and start counting how many XP machines they have as control systems and how many access applications they use to register maintenance schedules of those systems. Ever wondered about the OS version of the systems monitoring the water quality in your neighborhood?
  - BuckRogers 7y ago
    The problem will be solved very soon, the new Chromium based Edge has an IE mode.
    - zaat 7y ago
      Interesting. I wonder how compatible the mode will be and with which version. Going to research it, thanks for pointing this out! edit: oh well, nothing is solved: When these web sites are viewed in Microsoft Edge (Chromium), a full instance of Internet Explorer 11 is running and rendered within the tab. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/ie-mode https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-gui...

sgt 7y ago

I think you'll just need to rewrite that Sharepoint that app first.

wjnc 7y ago

My company uses SharePoint and Chrome. What are we missing? As a light user I've not yet missed a thing.

fowl2 7y ago
great big list of stuff that only fully works in IE here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-support-planning-0#browser-details https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/install/browser-...
- anon9001 7y ago
  Wow, that's a lot of core features. And it sort of makes sense because it's all in ActiveX, and ActiveX is not supported by Edge. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-to-improve-compatibility https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-... So an ActiveX control written in 1996 can run in Windows 10 Enterprise today via IE11. Neat... I guess.
  - Angostura 7y ago
    There are quite a few other things that don't work with, such as calendar overlays - the ability to display multiple calendars on a single calendar page. LOts of other weirdnesses too.
  - non-entity 7y ago
    > Enables a webpage to display a contact card and presence status for people. Integrates through client-side APIs with Office client and Skype for Business client. It's crazy that modern sharepoint version still use ActiveX for something like this imo. I wonder if Microsoft's newer web APIs could be used to reimplinent this functionality without ActiveX
    - jsmith99 7y ago
      In Microsoft Teams they do, but I find the availability status sometimes conflicts with what the Skype for business app says.

tobr 7y ago

It sounds like you should try to upgrade to a modern employer.

zaat 7y ago
That will solve his problem, but there are millions of employees out there relying on the same old stack and it isn't going to be replaced in the next few years, despite the failing support and the better alternatives. Replacing all those systems will take time and money in large quantities.
- cweagans 7y ago
  Replacing those systems will happen faster if they can't find people willing to maintain that old stack.
  - zaat 7y ago
    These old systems I see at gov and enterprise customers are rarely replaced when no one maintains them, they are held running by small miracles and large stitches. In many non-tech large organizations there are too many legacy systems for anyone to consider replacing them all. Go visit a large hospital near you and start counting how many XP machines they have as control systems and how many access applications they use to register maintenance schedules of those systems. Ever wondered about the OS version of the systems monitoring the water quality in your neighborhood?
- BuckRogers 7y ago
  The problem will be solved very soon, the new Chromium based Edge has an IE mode.
  - zaat 7y ago
    Interesting. I wonder how compatible the mode will be and with which version. Going to research it, thanks for pointing this out! edit: oh well, nothing is solved: When these web sites are viewed in Microsoft Edge (Chromium), a full instance of Internet Explorer 11 is running and rendered within the tab. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/ie-mode https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-gui...