[Users] Fwd: Internet Explorer with latest master

Fri Feb 15 18:18:05 UTC 2013

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> To: "Dead Horse" <deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com>
> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 3:32:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Fwd: Internet Explorer with latest master
> 
> Hi,
> 
> doing "make rpm" will actually build Engine using Maven and produce
> RPMs, but you might also want to deploy Engine EAR that was built to
> JBoss server via "make install_artifacts".
> 
> > Thus I assume the master build does not default to compiling for
> > all browsers?
> 
> Aside from "make rpm-quick", which builds quick & dirty RPMs for
> Firefox [gwt.userAgent=gecko1_8], I don't see any "gwt.userAgent"
> stuff in makefile, so the master build defaults to compiling for all
> browsers, unless you override this via "EXTRA_BUILD_FLAGS".
> 
> I think an easier way to do this is as Alona suggested, invoking
> Maven build directly:
> 
>   $ "mvn clean install -Pdep,gwt-admin,gwt-user", but it's up to you.
> 
> Anyway, I think the problem isn't related to "gwt.userAgent" property
> at all. If the GWT permutation for IE is missing, blank page will be
> shown, as GWT permutation selector script (*.nocache.js) will not be
> able to load that permutation.
> 
> I think the problem might be caused by your client's IE browser
> settings. As per [1], IE should render HTML page with "<!DOCTYPE
> html>" using standards mode; rendering mode which WebAdmin and
> UserPortal require. So if you see garbled mess in IE, it means IE
> doesn't render HTML page in standards mode, but in other (quirks?)
> mode, due to some IE browser settings override.
> 
> The "X-UA-Compatible" meta-tag actually *forces* IE to render HTML
> page in standards mode, which overrides any IE browser settings:
> 
>   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9"/>
> 
> (I think we should reconsider adding this meta-tag due to reasons
> above, to ensure better compatibility with IE.)

Instead of forcing IE9 mode we can use "edge" mode to display content in the highest mode available.
I.e.:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/>

> 
> Vojtech
> 
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288325(v=vs.85).aspx
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dead Horse" <deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com>
> To: "Alona Kaplan" <alkaplan at redhat.com>
> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>, "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:02:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Fwd: Internet Explorer with latest master
> 
> 
> 
> NVM got it -->
> BUILD_FLAGS=-Dgwt.userAgent=ie8,ie9,gecko1_8,safari,opera
> -Pgwt-admin,gwt-user,dep
> Building now.
> 
> 
> - DHC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Dead Horse <
> deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I remember there being a GWT configuration file somewhere where those
> could be set?
> - DHC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Alona Kaplan < alkaplan at redhat.com
> > wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Instead of doing make rpm please compile manually using the following
> command:
> mvn clean install -Dgwt.userAgent=ie8,ie9,gecko1_8,safari,opera
> -Pgwt-admin,gwt-user,dep
> 
> 
> Alona.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dead Horse" < deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com >
> 
> 
> > To: "Vojtech Szocs" < vszocs at redhat.com >
> > Cc: "Alona Kaplan" < alkaplan at redhat.com >, "< users at ovirt.org >" <
> > users at ovirt.org >
> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:18:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Users] Fwd: Internet Explorer with latest master
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > When I compile the engine I do the following: (FC17 build host)
> > --> git clone http://gerrit.ovirt.org/ovirt-engine.git
> > --> cd ovirt-engine
> > --> make rpm
> > 
> > Thus I assume the master build does not default to compiling for
> > all
> > browsers? The GWT compliation seems to go through quite a few
> > permuatations during the compile.
> > 
> > 
> > If master is not set to compile for all browsers then given the
> > above
> > build steps what additionally should I be doing to make it so
> > (guessing refer to above but how to simplify to "make rpm") ?
> > 
> > 
> > - DHC
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Vojtech Szocs < vszocs at redhat.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > > Maybe you've compiled the application with -Dgwt.userAgent flag
> > > for
> > > a specific browser?
> > 
> > this is a good point, please make sure to compile UserPortal for
> > all
> > browsers, e.g. instead of:
> > 
> > $ mvn clean install -Pdep,gwt-user
> > -Dgwt.userAgent=<specificBrowser>
> > 
> > you should just do:
> > 
> > $ mvn clean install -Pdep,gwt-user
> > 
> > This will compile UserPortal for all browsers.
> > 
> > However, I don't think this is the problem here, because IIRC when
> > you compile UserPortal only for browser X and you try to access it
> > in browser Y, you'll get an empty webpage.
> > 
> > Vojtech
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alona Kaplan" < alkaplan at redhat.com >
> > To: "Dead Horse" < deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com >
> > Cc: users at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:18:36 PM
> > Subject: [Users] Fwd: Internet Explorer with latest master
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The webadmin and userportal works pretty fine for me on ie8 and
> > ie9.
> > Can you please be more specific about what doesn't work for you?
> > Maybe attaching a screen shot.
> > 
> > Maybe you've compiled the application with -Dgwt.userAgent flag for
> > a
> > specific browser?
> > You should compile without any specific gwt.userAgent to support
> > all
> > the browsers or to add -Dgwt.userAgent=ie8,ie9 to support ie8 and
> > ie9.
> > 
> > Alona.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dead Horse" < deadhorseconsulting at gmail.com >
> > > To: "< users at ovirt.org >" < users at ovirt.org >
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:01:48 PM
> > > Subject: [Users] Internet Explorer with latest master
> > > 
> > > Ever since this change: http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/11078/
> > > The webadmin and userportal UI no longer displays nor works
> > > correctly
> > > within Internet Explorer 8 or 9.
> > > 
> > > Under IE 8 or 9 the UI is pretty much an usable garbled mess.
> > > Everything looks and works fine under Chrome and Firefox.
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately Internet Exploder is a necessary evil for windows
> > > users
> > > to be able to get at SPICE consoles. (No spice plugin/support for
> > > Firefox/Chrome yet...)
> > > 
> > > - DHC
> > > 
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