The client-side of the Client Framework 1 is targeted for the following browsers.
The client-side of the Client Framework 1 is targeted for the following browsers.
| Browser | Version |
|---|---|
| Access NetFront | 3.4 and 3.5 |
| BlackBerry RIM | 5.0 and 6.0 |
| Firefox | 1.5.x, 2.x and 3.x |
| Google Chrome | 1.x |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 6 and 7 |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Phone | 7.0 |
| Nokia OSS | |
| Opera | 9.x |
| Opera Mobile | 8.6 and 9.5 |
| Safari | 2.x, 3.x and 4.x |
| Safari Mobile | 3.x and 4.x |
You need to manually change your device information to enable widgets on some devices. For devices with the Supports Client Framework policy set to 'true', the Protocol policy other than 'XHTMLFull' or 'HTMLVersion4_0', and Style sheet version other than 'CSS2', you must set the Protocol policy to 'HTMLVersion4_0' and the Style sheet version policy to 'CSS2'. The Protocol and Style sheet version policies can be found under the Browser category, and Supports Client Framework under System. See Working with devices in the Policy Editors to learn more about editing the attributes of devices in the repository file.
The Client Framework 1 functionality is limited by the browser capabilities.
Access NetFront 3.4 limitations:
The wipe-top effect is replaced with slide-top.
In the NF 3.4 emulator scrollbars appear during the shrink/grow effects in Popup.
In the NF 3.4 emulator form controls appear before everything. As a consequence, when a Popup widget appears on some form controls, they are still visible.
When the puff or pulsate effects are used, the controls and links remain static.
The Carousel, Ticker Tape and Dynamic Menu widgets do not work properly on NetFront browser with the SmartFit option enabled.
The slide-left, slide-top, wipe-top, shake and dropout effects do now work properly on NetFront browser with the SmartFit option enabled.
BlackBerry RIM 5.0 limitations:
Button labels are incorrectly displayed if the containing element has the position property set to 'absolute'. The issue affects the Wizard widget, for example.
The mcs-effect-style: slide-top style property does not work. The issue may affect the Dynamic Menu widget, for example.
The Ticker Tape and Carousel widgets may not work properly.
Navigation buttons may disappear immediately after a page is loaded by the browser. This issue affects the AJAX Gallery II page from the Sample Application, for example.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x limitations:
The direction style property is ignored when the strong element is used. The workaround is to put a character in front of the strong element.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Phone 7
The mcs-effect-style: highlight style property does not work on touch screen devices.
Nokia OSS browser limitations:
The Autocompleter widget opens the drop-down list on a onBlur event, i.e. when focus leaves the input field.
Opera Mobile 8.6 limitations:
The wipe-top, grow and shrink effects are replaced by the slide-top effect.
The puff effect is replaced by the instant effect.
Effects which require scaling of content do not work smoothly for content other than inline/text.
Selected page element is marked by Opera browser with blue background. This feature cannot be controlled by XDIME 2 author.
The focus() does not have an effect if the element to be focused is outside the visible part of the page.
If a displayed forms wizard step is bigger than the viewport size, but smaller then the rest of page content, the wizard does not cover all the page content and some of the content is visible if the user scrolls down the page.
If position of Dynamic Menu is set to fixed, submenus disappear from the menu after scrolling document off the screen.
It is impossible to cancel Wizard widget if Popup's dismiss buttons appear just off the screen.
The Field Expander widget does not support 'unfold on click'.
The slide transition works incorrectly with the Wizard widget.
Opera Mobile 9.5 limitations:
Transition effects and the Ticker-Tape widget do not work smoothly on some devices.
The horizontal scrollbar is not visible on some devices.