Nick, Fauxton works. I can then switch to Futon to change passwords and create new users. It looks like the problem is limited to showing a login/signup link on the Futon landing page. Going to Fauxton first is a viable approach for our users.
Thanks so much. Jason On Feb 18, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Nick North <nort...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried the Fauxton interface? That's experimental but might be > worth a try. Go to .../_utils/fauxton/index.html and you should have an > icon of a person at the bottom left of the browser which you can click on > to log in. This works for me in IE11, but I don't have an IE8 installation > to test on. > > > On 18 February 2014 20:42, matt j. sorenson <m...@sorensonbros.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jason Winshell <jas...@bearriver.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Jens, >>> >>> Thanks for the speedy response. I certainly appreciate the low-bandwidth >>> situation of the folks who generously contribute their time. Nonetheless, >>> IE is the browser used by government and many corporations. This is not a >>> matter of what browser is better than another. It's just a fact of life. >> I >>> as a contractor, don't get to dictate the tools used in those >> environments. >>> IT staff, like database administrators are absolutely not going to use >> curl >>> (assuming it's even allowed to be installed on machines) to manage a >>> database. CouchDB has to have >>> >> >> Got to cut you off there... open source projects don't *have* to do >> anything the project's community doesn't elect to do, they don't even have >> to continue existing. If making bizarre urgent demands of technology is >> how government contracting has conditioned you to cope with problems, there >> are plenty of commercial database alternatives who'd no doubt appreciate >> your dollars. >> >> >>> I'm curious as to what the QA process is for posting official releases. >>> What is the test regression process? >>> >> >> Here's where you can help - earlier in the thread I alluded to just one of >> many possible ways that QA could be improved to alleviate cross-browser >> woes, but it doesn't automagically happen. If you want to see improvements, >> stop waxing pathetic about /gub'ment this/ and /draconian IT that/... and >> instead resolve to contribute. >> >> >> >> >> DISCLAIMER: All positions and opinions expressed here-in are Matt's and >> Matt's alone, and may not represent the CouchDB project, it's committers, >> or it's sponsors. >> >> --matt >>
