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We have two more informational notes for users of Grant Query and the
ePRF:
1. Our recent upgrade to the URLs for the electronic Proposal Routing Form
(ePRF) and Grant Query led to an annoying occurrence of trying to use
certificates to gain access to these systems, which did not work. We have been
given two improved URLs by Administrative Computing which solves this
problem:
These are now the links you will find on the OSP web site, and you should
once again update your own private bookmarks, favorites, and shortcuts with
these new values.
2. We have learned that the new GQ & ePRF URLs do not work when you are
using Internet Explorer on the Mac. This is not terribly surprising; IE has not
been supported by Microsoft for a few years now.
The college list of supported hardware and software, which is at http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/about/policies/software/supported.html,
states, "Using Internet Explorer on Macintosh computers for accessing
administrative systems is not supported."
The college software download page, at
http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/resources/downloads/mac/connect/index.html,
offers a link to download Netscape 7.2 for the Mac. Safari and Netscape seem to
have no problem with the new URL, and although Firefox has not been tested, it
should perform fine as well.
We recommend that our Mac users avoid using IE when accessing administrative
systems, including Grant Query and the electronic Proposal Routing Form; and
that Mac users employ more current browsers such as Netscape or Safari when
accessing these systems.
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