Before using the BSCW server, please check the version and configuration of your Web browser.
•The use of BSCW requires a current version of one of the popular browsers. BSCW works best with one of the following browser versions:
o Chrome,
o Edge,
o Firefox,
o Safari
•The browser should always contact the BSCW server before using pages from its cache. This should work fine with current versions of most browsers. If you have doubts in this respect (changes you made are not shown in BSCW pages), you should check your browser configuration. The exact procedure to set this option depends on your browser and browser version.
•Make sure that the clock on your computer is set correctly. Otherwise, synchronization between the BSCW server and pages in your local cache will not work correctly.
•BSCW makes use of JavaScript and cookies. In order to have BSCW function properly, your Web browser has to be configured so that JavaScript is activated and cookies are accepted. BSCW cookies are used exclusively for authentication purposes and are valid for a BSCW session.
As long as the documents that you download from your workspaces can be displayed by your Web browser (with the help of any plug-ins you may have installed), you do not need to change your browser’s configuration in order to use BSCW.
If, however, you want to exchange documents in proprietary formats (e.g. Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc.) with other members of your workspaces, you should tailor the configuration of your browser as follows. All files that BSCW sends to your browser carry an explicit file type. Instruct your browser to link the file types relevant to you to a certain action, e.g., by starting a program that opens and displays the file just transferred. How you proceed to this effect varies between platforms and browsers. Please consult your browser’s manual for more information.
If you do not configure your Web browser in the way indicated, the download of files, that cannot be handled, will produce a prompt asking you which program to use. More recent browser versions will usually allow you to establish a link between the file type of the present file and the program to be used ‘on the fly’. This link will then be applied to the next file with the same file type.