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  • iNotes Users -- Chrome 37 Creates Compatibility Issues

    Bill Malchisky  September 5 2014 01:35:57 PM
    IBM released today, a new Technote for iNotes users, entitled, "Some iNotes operations fail to work correctly in Chrome browsers upgraded to Chrome version 37" and is available here.

    These five key areas introducing concern stem from Google deprecating the showModalDialog API.
    1. Create/Edit Mail rule
    2. Contacts Form and the Print action
    3. Calendar view and results window displayed when using the "Import Holidays" action (off the "More" menu)
    4. Preferences (Select default folder, Preferred rooms/resources site, Change HTTP password error, Security/Show ID info)
    5. Validation of entered names/address from certain input forms where "Ambiguous Name", "Name not found" and "Certificate error" dialog might occur (Preferences, To Do, Group Calendar, Group, Phone Message)

    As a work-around, Google is allowing the API to be available in a manually applied patch until May 1, 2105, with developer details located here.

    The Technote provides two workarounds to handle the situation for impacted users--either one, or none may be appropriate for your organization, which then also introduces the avoidance permutation.

    Updated -- Below here
    As IBM codes a permanent fix by removing all requests for this API call, one hopes for an iNotes hotfix soon, particularly as Mozilla expressed interest in removing this API call too.


    Further Reading

    The initial change pitch is cited here
    Blink Intents - Issue Dashboard spreadsheet captures the link, see row 59
    "Intent to Remove: window.showModalDialog()" is linked here
    "Window.showModalDialog: What it is and why you should never use it"
    "Issue 345831: Delete showModalDialog" is linked here, commenced on 24 Feb 2014
    For more information on iNotes, the documentation portal is located here
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