Firefox performance

[Matthew F]

A user complained to me today about the performance of WebDirect.  She was using Firefox on a PC to access a database hosted on FMServer.

 

I have not been able to test this on a PC, but on a Mac I noticed some issues when using FireFox, but not with Safari or Chrome. In Firefox it is possible to click on a field and start typing before the field is activated and highlighted.  Then a few seconds later the field becomes activated and the letters that were previously typed disappear.   This is even more extreme if I use the Tab key to skip from field to field.  The field might not activate at all and yet I can type a whole paragraph of text into it.  Only when I subsequently click on the field does it activate, but all of the previously typed text vanishes.

 

Is this a known bug?

[Kris M]

Supported web browsers:

FileMaker WebDirect is accessible from a web browser. Supported web browsers include:

• Safari 6.1.x and Safari 7.x
• Internet Explorer 10.x or 11.x
• Chrome 27.x

Firefox not supported

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Firefox does not support the underlying technology of WebDirect.  So, use Chrome, IE, or Safari.

 

Steven

[Matthew F]

Thanks everyone.

[BrentHedden]

While you -can- use Firefox with WD, I've notice a LOT of rendering issues that make it practically unusable.  Text won't center, message boxes just pop up whereever, etc.  In my opinion, it's just not worth it. 

[xochi]

I'm having FireFox issues too.

 

I can write JavaScript to detect the browser version before the user gets into the WebDirect system, but I'm wondering : once inside WebDirect, is there a way within WebDirect to detect the browser version?

[Kris M]

You can leverage Get ( SystemVersion ) for browser detection

http://www.filemaker.com/help/13/fmp/en/html/func_ref2.32.86.html

[xochi]

Thank you Kris, that's perfect.  Under WebDirect, Get(SystemVersion) returns the OS, Browser Name, and Browser Version strings.