Import items (via tagged files and PubMed).Our current aim is to introduce features that support the initial phases of a review by the end of the year, or shortly after. Writing software means creating something new, so it is very hard to predict how many obstacles we will find along the way. This is a notoriously difficult question. This version will work on small screens/ mobile phones and similar, but will be initially optimised for desktops and laptops (because many EPPI-Reviewer activities require to show and manipulate lots of data in a single "view"). More specifically, we intend to optimise the current coding App for mobile use (so to make it more suited for small screens) and concurrently write a "full" version that will support all present and future features of EPPI-Reviewer. In the immediate future, we will keep supporting and developing EPPI-Reviewer 4, as well as gradually expanding the coding App so to allow more and more activities to happen on any modern browser. Thus, for the time being, it is still necessary to use the main EPPI-Reviewer 4 Silverlight interface to set up the review. This App is modeled around the Coding-Only interface, which offers limited functionality. It enables all EPPI-Reviewer users to do screening and data extraction on almost any device. The first version of this App (the EPPI-Reviewer "Coding" App) is already public, and described here. It will/does access exactly the same database, so you can work on the same review using both programs. We are naturally well aware of how inconvenient this is for all our (numerous) Mac users, and thus, are very busy working on a new User Interface that uses web pages and isn’t dependent on the Silverlight plugin. Workaround exist and are described in minute detail in this " How to Guide" (see also below). Apple has followed suit shortly after: EPPI-Reviewer won't work in the latest version of Safari. On Macs, Firefox has stopped supporting Silverlight in September (even on their "extended support" ESR version). Unfortunately, the same does not apply to Apple computers. ![]() ![]() This is available on all current versions of Windows, and will remain available at least until the end of 2021. On Windows machines, Silverlight remains available through the Internet Explorer browser. In view of this, we are currently engaged in a rapid development effort to provide access to the EPPI-Reviewer 4 database through web pages – and not just the Silverlight plugin. Unfortunately, with the advent of mobile devices, Silverlight has become outdated, and new browsers – even on Windows and Macs – are no longer supporting this type of plugin. This has enabled us to provide a ‘desktop-like’ application experience in a web browser across the Windows and (Mac)OSX operating systems. EPPI-Reviewer version 4 runs in the Microsoft Silverlight browser plugin.
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