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Supported Browsers

The QIE console is a web application, so the machine you administer QIE from needs a supported browser. This is separate from the QIE server itself. Nothing is installed on the client beyond the browser.

Minimum versions

Browser Minimum version
Google Chrome 40 or newer
Mozilla Firefox 35 or newer
Microsoft Edge 134 or newer
Safari 8 or newer

Any current release of these browsers works; the versions above are the floor, not a recommendation. Keep the browser patched. It is the front door to an application that administers your interfaces.

Note

Internet Explorer is not supported at any version. Microsoft ended support for it, and the QIE console relies on browser features it never implemented.

Reaching the console

With QIE installed on the local machine, browse to http://localhost. For a QIE server elsewhere on the network, browse to http://<qie-server-hostname>.

By default the console opens in the current browser tab. To force a separate window, append /qie/launcher.html?newwin to the URL, for example http://<qie-server-hostname>/qie/launcher.html?newwin. The complementary ?appwin parameter forces the same-tab behavior, which is the default.

If the console does not load

  • Check the browser version first. An old build of a supported browser can fail in ways that look like a server problem: a blank page, or a console that loads but leaves dialogs unresponsive.
  • Try a second browser. It separates a client-side problem from a server-side one in about ten seconds and is worth doing before reading any logs.
  • Extensions can break it. Script blockers and aggressive privacy extensions can stop the console loading. Test in a private window with extensions disabled.
  • Serving over HTTPS? A certificate the browser does not trust blocks the console outright in current browsers. See Securing the Web Console (HTTPS).