[Building Sakai] Web Content tool for IE browser on Window 7 OS

[Matthew Jones]

Yea, I tested this on a local Windows 7, I don't see anything about a Server
side fix for this. Some random mention of Microsoft patches for it but seems
broken. There is about a minute and a half client side fix for this:

The procedure documented on this website works:
https://icon.uiowa.edu/support/onlinehelp/setup/software/#compat

I did a quick (video only) screencast of this:
http://www.screencast.com/t/ZjAxYzFmOTYt

Not a problem in Firefox or Chrome.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Liu, Peter <peter.liu at yale.edu> wrote:

>  Hi All,
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> I have found that there is an IE browser issue on Window 7 for Web Content
> tool.  If your Sakai instance is running on HTTPS protocol, the Web Content
> tool cannot take a http protocol URL ( such as http://www.yahoo.com). It
> will give you message on IE browser: “Navigation to the webpage was
> canceled”.
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> However, it can take a https protocol URL.  This is definitely a more
> strict security rule on IE at window 7.
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> Any good solution?
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> Thanks,
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> Peter Liu
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