Why xibo1.8 and above version windows player sticks with IE11?

balas · September 19, 2018, 6:34pm

Hi Everyone,
Generally some web pages are not rendering properly with Windows Player IE11 and it comes up with white screen. It would have been really helpful if Xibo 1.8 and above have option to change the browser to Chrome or Firefox as alternatives for rendering properly?

DanBW · September 20, 2018, 10:21am

Thank you for your feedback, there is currently a new Player in development that will no longer use IE 11 for web content. Once there is more information about this, we will update our blog with further information.

Many Thanks.

balas · September 20, 2018, 5:08pm

Thank you! I believe with the existing version of Windows Player we can’t change to Microsoft Edge as well right?

DanBW · September 24, 2018, 12:44pm

You are correct the browser that is used cannot be changed, IE11 is set within the Player itself.

Many Thanks.

Nathalie1103 · November 19, 2018, 1:39pm

Is there any update on the development of the new Player ?
We use xibo player to put changes on our screens, but the xibo player can’t load this page due to the use of IE 11…
Now we have to work with screenshots in xibo we replace every hour…

DanBW · November 20, 2018, 8:50am

The new Player is currently still in development, any new announcements will be posted on the Xibo Blog.

Many Thanks.

balas · February 18, 2019, 8:20pm

Seems the new windows player 1.8.12 also not supporting browsers other than IE11? Lot of new issues are keep coming with IE11 which I think is outdated browser. As recent issue, twitch streaming is not working with IE11 which eventually effecting the Xibo displays.

DanBW · February 19, 2019, 10:57am

You are correct that 1.8.12 has the same browser as 1.8.11. The new player that will use an alternative browser is still in development, once there is news we will post it on the Xibo Blog.

Many Thanks.

balas · July 16, 2019, 5:22pm

Any update about new player? Is webkit based browser released for Windows player?

DanBW · July 18, 2019, 11:49am

Thank you for your message. Currently the Xibo for Windows Player is using the same browser as before. The replacement of the browser with an alternative webkit is still planned for the Xibo for Windows Player, but there is not a set date at this point. I apologise for the inconvenience.

Many Thanks.

SteveNZ · January 9, 2020, 4:08am

Any update on this yet? I see V2 is still IE as well

Starting to cause us problems now where we can’t update some of our software (contrary to our policies) as it will break or signage - the app we need to show the dashboard of is not supporting IE any more.

Thanks!
Steve

DanBW · January 9, 2020, 11:40am

Hi SteveNZ,

The new version of Xibo for Windows, which will use Edge as the browser to replace IE11 is currently expected for release in this quarter, so the release is due soon. Any further information will be posted on the Xibo Blog.

Many Thanks.