Re: [libreoffice-users] libreoffice - Internet Explorer impossible to open ODx document from web pages

I really think that most of the non-IE browsers have an add-on to read 
the ODF content.  Not always well, but it works.

Maybe there might be an add-on for IE in their download/add-on system to 
display content.  I do not know if IE will display MS document formats 
either.

I stick with Firefox, since I have less trouble with it and I can add on 
a lot of "security" options from their add-on and extension pages. 
Sometimes you can find these add-ons, or links to them, from the parent 
software sites.  I have many add-ons to FF that came from links while 
installing a specific package or three.  I look for them.

IT just make sense to have things like displaying document content in 
your browsers.  PDF is one of the ones that I use a lot.  I view it in 
the browser [FF] and then decide if I want to save it to my disc[s].

I wonder how hard it would be to create on for IE for displaying ODF 
content, like FF and others do.


On 02/19/2014 10:40 AM, Bertella Gianmarco wrote:
> Hi Tom , thks for your answer . I do all my test on PCs with IE and 
> windows always updated to the latest patch released by MS.
> I agree with you about your opinion about MS.
> Unfortunately this kind of issue seems to affect many users that don't 
> want change their browser (sometimes I'm talking of very basic users 
> that are scared to use new program or don't have a knowdledge to 
> install and use new browser ... other times could be medium size 
> enterprise where the user are forced to use IE for specific 
> application and prefer to haave only one browser and not one for app...).
> The strange thinks is that the problem don't arise with Openoffice 
> and  that's strange .
> If libreoffice would try to be the best opesource office suite and 
> replace MSO also in medium enterprise I think it need to avoid at 
> least this basic fault.
> Ofcourse what I said is valid if confirmed that this is a bug and I'm 
> not doing wrong things.
> I will wait someone else that could confirm or not this issue. I guess 
> not specific installation , any version of Win with IE could already 
> give me more details.
> Thanks Tom
> Gianmarco
>
> Il 19/02/2014 15:53, Tom Davies ha scritto:
> > Hi :)
> > Given that Firefox, Chrome and Opera were fine on your system i really
> > wouldn't bother too much about MS's ones not working.  You know they
> > have a vested interest in making sure those sorts of things don't work
> > right?
> >
> > OTH if other people could have a look that might be good, to see if
> > the problem can be confirmed.
> >
> > IE just had several large security updates in the past month or so.
> > Is yours fully updated or does it reflect the way many users seem to
> > prefer it (ie with widely known, gaping security-issues in addition to
> > all the gaping holes reported by under 10,000 corporate users)?
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 19 February 2014 14:34, Bertella Gianmarco
> > <g.bertella@gb-consulenza.it> wrote:
> > > Dear all , I can't open from any web pages (https or http) any link 
> > > to a
> > > ODT/ODS/ODP document using IE8 or IE11 (I guess the  same for IE 10 
> > > and 9
> > > but I don't have a PC with them) on windows platform running Win7 
> > > PRO sp1
> > > 32bit or Win 7 enterprise 64bit , XP pro sp3.
> > > This happens for example trying to open a libreoffice documentation 
> > > to the
> > > page https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ or any 
> > > other link
> > > found on google that address ODx documents.
> > > When I click on it I got a popup asking to open or save the file. If 
> > > I try
> > > to open it (without any Libreoffice app opened) but in this case 
> > > apparently
> > > nothing happens.
> > > If I look at the programs running I can see that 2 Libreoffice 
> > > process are
> > > opened when I click on the web link.
> > > I can then open manually LO , use it but I can't close it until I 
> > > close the
> > > IE  left after pressing on OPEN popup.
> > > Nothing change if I set LO to stay opened at the startup in 
> > > background nor
> > > if I try to open the link with the LO application already opened.
> > > I had the same issue on several PC using different version of LO 4.x
> > > (verified on 4.1.0.4 , 4.1.2.3 , 4.1.4.1 , 4.1.5.2 , 4.2.0.4)
> > > No issue if I use another browser (firefox,chrome,opera) or if I 
> > > install
> > > (standard setup) Openoffice 4.0.1 , it work immediately , and when I
> > > uninstall OO and reinstall LO again the same issue.
> > > Anybody else experienced this kind of issue ?
> > > Can I do some other check to better identify where the problem could 
> > > be and
> > > possibly solve it ?
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Gianmarco
> > > g.bertella@gb-consulenza.it
> > >
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