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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

I somewhat agree with Bob, but I also see good reasons why packaging a
browser is a good idea. There seems to be pretty wide variation
between different browsers, and while it is a good idea to support
many different ones, it is also a lot of work. If we could focus on
being sure that all the browser-related bugs are not present, for
instance in Chrome or Firefox,  for a particular release, this would
ensure that the app is going to work properly in a production
environment.  I have seen a lot of problems in the field with people
installing toolbars, browser hijacking, etc that really is going to
complicate deployments unnecessarily.

After looking at the code, it seems that setting an environment
variable might be the best solution, perhaps.
This could be set as part of the installation process. If the
environment variable exists (DHIS2_BROWSER) for example, then it would
attempt to open up DHIS2 with this. Otherwise, it would default to the
current Desktop.getDesktop().browse( URI.create (getUrl() ) ) ); which
will simply launch the default browser.

 Of course, this could be made as an option of the installer, whether
to install one of these site-specific browsers or not, but I think the
advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It is certainly worth testing I
think.

Regards,
Jason



On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22 April 2010 23:28, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 22 April 2010 19:35, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > I think it should probably be a blueprint and  I think it is a good
>> > idea.
>> >
>> > It is certainly  a problem on many machines I have encounterd in the
>> > field. We need to install FireFox, Chrome, Opera or something, and
>> > ideally make it the default browser. This seems to be a good idea to
>> > me, but can seem a bit drastic to some users.  Ideally, the installer
>> > would come prepackaged with this browser. When DHI2 Live is launched,
>> > instead of making a call to the default browser (which in most cases
>> > in IE), assuming that this was installed as part of a special live
>> > package, then this browser would get opened instead, thereby launching
>> > DHIS2. I am not so sure about the DHIS2 live part, as it simply
>> > launches the default browser. Bob?
>> >
>> I don't think its very easy to coax dhis2-live to open anything
>> besides the default browser.  Not that its impossible, but probably
>> very messy.  I'm also not sure we want to get into the browser
>> packaging business.
>>
>
> Could the portable firefox package be of any help here? We could put it in a
> standard location DHIS2Live/firefox/ and start it from there? I have used it
> for the PHIT and DHIS seems to run fine there. It is set up with all
> relative paths which should make it easier to distribute as no installation
> is needed.
>
> Ola
> --------
>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Given that DHIS2 runs best in Chrome (especially the Mapping module),
>> >> and also ok in Firefox, it might be a good idea to make sure people
>> >> have access to one of these browsers.
>> >>
>> >> One way to do that is to package things with Prism (Firefox) or Chrome
>> >> (or Fluid for Mac http://fluidapp.com/)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1842277/chrome-application-shortcuts-mozilla-prism-installer
>> >>
>> >> What do you guys think?
>> >>
>> >> Knut
>> >>
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