Client Configuration

Specific settings for Mozilla Firefox are recommended for use with Aras Innovator and are outlined in this document. These settings are based on the current documentation provided by Mozilla and may be subject to change at any time by Mozilla. Aras is not responsible for Mozilla Firefox, so any further questions on its use or issues arising from the usage of Mozilla Firefox should be directed to Mozilla.

This release of Aras Innovator supports the use of Firefox 102 ESR or 115 ESR.

Administrative rights may be needed to perform the instructions outlined below. These settings are required and recommended to enhance the user workflow.

The following steps outline the process to disable automated Firefox upgrades:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and navigate to Settings.
2. Scroll down to the Firefox Updates sectionand click Never check for updates.

The following steps outline the process to disable the Firefox pop-up blocker:

1. Open the Aras Innovator login page and copy the URL.
2. Open Mozilla Firefox and navigate to Settings.
3. Select Privacy and Security.
4. Deselect Block pop-up windows.
5. Click Exceptions and paste the Aras Innovator URL into the Address of website field.
6. Click Save Changes.
7. Search for about:config from Mozilla Firefox. The following message appears:



8. Click Accept the Risk and Continue.
9. Click Show All.
10. Search for dom.popup_maximum and click to toggle the setting to false.

The following steps outline the process to disable browser.tabs.remote.autostart:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and search for about:config. The following message appears:



2. Click Accept the Risk and Continue.
3. Click Show All.
4. Search for browser.tabs.remote.autostart and click to toggle the setting to false.

The following steps outline the process to enable Firefox browser caching:

1. Search for about:config from Mozilla Firefox. The following message appears:



2. Click Accept the Risk and Continue.
3. Click Show All.
4. Search for browser.cache. Increase the browser.cache.check_doc_frequency and verify browser.cache.disk.enable is toggled to true.

Aras PDF Viewer is a feature included in Aras Innovator to display PDF documents as part of the Visual Collaboration feature. The technology used to make the feature display PDFs is browser specific. Users may experience differences in behavior when loading PDF files in Firefox vs Chrome or Edge. While all browsers provide the same functionality, users’ experience will be slightly different.