Browser requirements and recommendations

Minimum browser requirements
Tested browsers
Hints and tips

For the most current information on browser requirements, tested browsers, and browser hints and tips, see the Browsers section of the WebSphere Troubleshooter for OS/390.

Minimum browser requirements

To configure the IBM HTTP Server using the Configuration and Administration Forms, you need a browser that:

Can display frames
Supports Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1.x
Is enabled for both Javascript and Java
Has color resolution set to at least 256 colors (operating system setting)
Is set to cache documents and compare the cached document with the network document every time

Tested browsers

The IBM HTTP Server has been tested with the browsers listed in the following table.

Operating system	Browser
Windows NT (1) and Windows 95	Netscape (2): Navigator 4.08 and 4.04 Navigator Gold 3.01 Communicator 4.51, 4.5, and 4.04 The JDK 1.1 SmartUpdate patch is required. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, Version 5.00.2014.0216IC (3) Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4.0, upgrades V4.71.1712.6 and V4.72.2106.8 (3)
AIX	Netscape Navigator V4.07 and V4.04
OS/2	Netscape Navigator V4.04 with JDK 1.1.7 (4) Netscape Navigator V2.02 with service level 7 (only the runtime code is required) (5)

Notes

(1)

Windows NT 4.0 should be configured to run with more than 256 colors to enable GIFs to display properly.

(2)

To verify your version number, click Help, then About Netscape.

You can download current versions of the Netscape browser and JDK 1.1 SmartUpdate patch from the Netscape Web site.

The browser and SmartUpdate are two separate installations. The SmartUpdate updates the JDK level to 1.1.4. To confirm that you have the correct Java level, look at the header in the Netscape Java Console (available from the Netscape Communicator menu). The header should say "Netscape Communications Corporation -- Java 1.1.4."

(3)

To verify the version or upgrade number, click Help, then About Internet Explorer.

(4)

You can download Netscape Navigator V4.04 and the JDK 1.1.7 from the IBM Software Web Site.

(5)

To confirm that you have Netscape Navigator service level 7, open the Installation utility in the Netscape folder. Select the Netscape 2.02.00 item and click Details, then Product Status. Select Netscape Navigator then click Service Level.

To confirm that you have Java 1.1.2 or higher, enter java -version on the command line.

If you have not installed Netscape Navigator, install Java first. When you install Navigator, you will be prompted for the Java level.

If you have already installed Navigator, install Java and then click Java Version Selection in the Netscape folder to select Java 1.1.

You can download Navigator and Java from the IBM Software Web Site. If you are installing Java 1.1.4, you need OS/2 Feature Installer Version 1.1 or higher. You can download the latest version of OS/2 Feature Installer from this site.

Hints and tips

Help is launched in its own separate window. At times, you might need to move the help window to see the original window under it.
In Netscape Navigator, when you maximize the configuration browser window and then resize it, you might lose the help and restart icons. Simply maximize the window to make them reappear.