Q: Since upgrading all employee’s to IE-9 several of them are complaining that some websites won’t display images. This is happening on computers in and out of the domain with all running IE-9 Searching the Internet and Experts Exchange but can’t find the a solid answer, only suggestions.
Jim Gaba
Sierra Nevada Construction
A: Have you tried the website with the "Compatibility button" clicked. A lot of websites are not IE9 compatible yet. See the description here – http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/why-do-some-webpages-look-incorrect-in-internet-explorer-9. You can also turn on Compatibility button and it will work every time in the future when you visit the same website.
Kapil Kher
Associated General Contractors of America
A: Actually last night at my church the pastor had the same issue – but on a Mac. It apparently only happened when he was at church office and was fine when he was at home. It happened with Safari and Mozilla. Everyone else at office was fine. I ended up checking Java and adding some more DNS entries on the dns server.
CJ Rainer
Doster Construction Company
A: I believe Kapil Kher is correct – the compatibility feature will resolve many problems with rendering pages in IE9. Reset your IE settings and restore all advanced settings. Then, make sure to turn on compatibility view when prompted.
Rick Eggert
Custom Contracting
Q: For firms with sporadic need for electronic signature exchanges what is the best product? What are some of your suggestions or cautions for use?
W.R. "Walt" Gamble, PE
Gamble Construction Services
Q: Additional request: If someone knows of a product that will work with Outlook, Thunderbird and Google Apps Gmail I would be very interested. I've found solutions for Outlook + Gmail or Thunderbird + Gmail but not all three.
Chandler McCormack
OxBlue
A: Outlook should be able to pull Gmail and so does Thunderbird. You need to enable IMAP in the settings page on Gmail and then follow the Outlook setup instructions. There are also open source products like Zimbra email which do this. But I use Outlook to pull my Gmail and company Exchange server email.
Kapil Kher
Associated General Contractors of America
A: The Imap solution would work if everyone used desktop clients, but some of our office has stopped using desktop clients for email and calendars all together. We are in a transition phase with users on Outlook, Thunderbird and Gmail all using Google's App services for the email server. So standardizing the signature across the organization would require a product that work with all 3.
Chandler McCormack
OxBlue
A: I've been on the signing end of DocuSign (www.docusign.com) documents. Their pricing seems fair and the system is very easy to use and e-mail client-agnostic.
Nathan Jovin
Soltek Pacific
A: We use DocuSign. Getting a much faster turnaround on our contracts. Pays for itself in postage savings alone. People are able to sign documents from e-mail, mobile devices, etc. I have 10 seats, as there are really only a few people that actually "write" the contract. Everyone else (PM’s, Execs, Subs) are approvers and do not need a seat. Overall, the people who use it love it. Some catches I have heard about. Reviewing contracts on a PDA is not really practical, but if they have already read it on a PC, and then just need to sign off on changes, then this works well. With the latest version release, we were missing some features, but those have all been restored. We also set up a template for pre-qualifications packets. Subs can click on a link, fill out the packet, with signature, and it gets sent back to us. This cut down on a lot of missing documents we require.
Mark Reid
Saunders Construction