About Web browser support for Web Part Pages
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Web browser support for Web Part Pages can be categorized into 3 levels:
Level 1 support is the highest level of visual and functional support. Browsers that provide level 1 support include Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and later for Microsoft Windows.
At level 2 support, a few visual and functional features are not available to some browsers, and some other features are compromised and behave differently than in level 1 browsers. However, the majority of features are still available to users. Browsers that provide level 2 support include Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 for Windows and Netscape Navigator 6.2 and above for Windows.
Level 3 support allows users to access the data they need, with an acceptable though not necessarily optimal user experience. These browsers behave with minor differences across operating systems, and such differences are not always addressed with alternate support. Browsers that provide level 3 support include Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 for Macintosh and Netscape Navigator 6.2 for Macintosh and Unix.
Browser level support
The following table shows the level of support that some common browsers provide.
Browser |
Operating system |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Yes |
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Windows |
Yes |
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Windows |
Yes |
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Windows |
Yes (with exceptions - see table below) |
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Unix |
Yes |
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Macintosh |
Yes |
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Macintosh |
Yes |
Browser level support details
The following table shows in detail the visual and functional support provided by some common browsers.
Feature Area |
Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 |
Internet Explorer 5.5 |
Internet Explorer 6 |
Netscape 6.2+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Create a Web Part Page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Create a Web Part Page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Browse a page with Web Parts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Browse a page with Web Parts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Browse a page with Web Part connections |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Browse a page with Web Part connections |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Restore and minimize a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Restore and minimize a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Delete a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Delete a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Drag and drop when adding Web Parts from a library |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drag and drop when adding Web Parts from a library |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drag and drop Web Parts when designing a page |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drag and drop Web Parts when designing a page |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Import a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Import a Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Create Web Part connections |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Create Web Part connections |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Switch between shared and personal views |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Switch between shared and personal views |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Create or modify a Web Capture with the Web Capture tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Create or modify a Web Capture with the Web Capture tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drop down menus on Web Parts and Web Part Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drop down menus on Web Parts and Web Part Pages |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Page menu in place of drop down menu for modifying a page |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Page menu in place of drop down menu for modifying a page |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Expand or collapse a tool part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Expand or collapse a tool part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drop down menu on tool pane when adding Web Parts |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Drop down menu on tool pane when adding Web Parts |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Menu bar in place of drop down menu on tool pane |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Menu bar in place of drop down menu on tool pane |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Overall tool pane functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Overall tool pane functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Close Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Close Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Filter Web Parts when browsing libraries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Filter Web Parts when browsing libraries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Upload multiple files to the Document Library |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Upload multiple files to the Document Library |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Modify Web Part properties |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Modify Web Part properties |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Custom property builders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Custom property builders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Web Part Page Services Component |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Web Part Page Services Component |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |