5.1.6 Configuring a Web browser to use the monitoring console
You need to configure the Web browser to use PFM - Web Console:
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Enable JavaScript
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Enable file downloads
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Enable Cookies
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Display images (GIF data)
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Check the page cache
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Set the font size
The following tables list the settings for each browser.
- Organization of this subsection
(1) When using Firefox (Windows)
This section describes the settings for Firefox 3.6 as an example.
Menu |
Category |
Setting item |
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Tools - Options |
Privacy - History |
From Firefox will, select Use custom settings for history. Select the Accept cookies from sites check box. (Whether to select the Accept third-party cookies check box is optional and whether to select a retention period is optional.) |
Content |
Select Load images automatically. Select Enable JavaScript. |
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Content - Enable JavaScript |
Click Advanced, and then select Move or resize existing windows check box. |
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Content - Fonts & Colors |
Use the default values. |
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Content - Languages |
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Security - Passwords |
Clear the Remember passwords for sites check box. |
(2) When using Firefox (UNIX)
This section describes the settings for Firefox 3.6 as an example.
Menu |
Category |
Setting item |
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Edit - Preferences |
Privacy - History |
From Firefox will, select Use custom settings for history. Select the Accept cookies from sites check box. (Whether to select the Accept third-party cookies check box is optional and whether to select a retention period from the Keep until box is optional.) |
Content |
Select Load images automatically. Select Enable JavaScript. |
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Content - Enable JavaScript |
Click Advanced, and then select the Move or resize existing windows check box. |
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Content - Fonts & Colors |
From the Size box, select 12.# |
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Content - Languages |
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Security - Passwords |
Clear the Remember passwords for sites check box. |
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Before you select a size from the Size box, in the Content tab, under Fonts & Colors, click the Advanced button to display the Fonts dialog box. In the Fonts dialog box, select the character encoding set for the LANG environment variable, which is enabled in the process that started Firefox.
(3) When using Internet Explorer
The example presented here specifies the settings in Internet Explorer 9.0.
Menu |
Tab |
Button |
Setting item |
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Tools - Internet Options |
Security |
Custom Level |
Security Settings - Scripting - Active scripting - Enable |
Downloads - File download - Enable |
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Advanced |
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Multimedia - Show pictures - Play animations in webpages# |
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General |
Browsing history - Settings |
Check for newer versions of stored pages - Every time I visit the webpage or Automatically |
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Languages |
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View - Text Size |
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Medium |
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--: Not applicable
(4) Notes on using a Web browser
If your Web browser is Firefox, data might remain in the cache due to the specifications of Firefox, resulting in incorrect display of image data. To prevent this problem, clear the cache.