Does SharePoint 2010 work with Firefox?

Question

In SharePoint 2007, it was impossible to work as a site administrator or farm administrator, when using Firefox as a web browser.

Does SharePoint 2010 work with any web browser (or at least Chrome / firefox / opera) or is it still a IE-only application?

Answer 1

Firefox will work in most scenarios. However, at some points, SharePoint is still using ActiveX components, so Firefox won't work there.

For instance: the Datasheet View option for a list in the ribbon will be disabled. Also, Explorer View for a document library will be disabled.

In short: most limitations come from the use of ActiveX components, the reason why you get the same limitations for Internet Explorer 64-bit, 'cause the ActiveX components are 32-bits...

I also ran into problems with opening Excel documents: http://itblog.wolthaus.net/2011/08/sharepoint-2010-doesnt-play-nice-with-64-bit-internet-explorer/

Answer 2

Yes, SharePoint 2010 supports Firefox and Safari. For more information see Technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx

Answer 3

I've used FireFox and Chrome to do most everything in SharePoint 2010. I have not run into any major issues.

According to this article SP2010 has two support levels "Supported" "Supported with Limitations"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx