
Strava locked down their API earlier this year to allow only hand-selected 3rd parties on the platform, but they seem to be unable to get their site to work with the latest version of IE and GCP. It is not a big deal, really, but it is interesting how little communication there seems to be between these vendors. It works as a browser plugin compatible with Internet Explorer, Safari.

I have to use Firefox with Strava if I want to upload activities directly from the device. Garmin Communicator Plugin can help you retrieve and upload data from and to. The site apparently does see the plugin when it runs on IE 11, and the plugin does find the 305: Plugin seen by Connect running on IE11 Oddly enough, I can still upload activities to the Garmin Connect site with IE11. Firefox on the other hand happily reports that I have the plugin: Firefox recognizes the Garmin Communicator The installer first closes all browsers, then reopens IE 11 and directs me back to the plugin page that will continue to tell me that I do not have it.
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I can click on the “Download for Windows” link, though, which will allow me to download and install the plugin. When I click on the Install Now button, nothing happens: Garmin page does not detect the plugin The odd thing is that the Garmin plugin page thinks the plugin is not installed, either, when I browse there with IE 11. Strava running side by side on IE 11 and Firefox 26. the Garmin Communicator Plugin or Garmin Express, making the Garmin vvofit. Strava will not detect the GCP on IE11, even though it happily uses it on Firefox running side-by-side. Learn more with 125 Questions and 528 Answers for Garmin - vvofit Fitness. The current situation is – it simply does not work.

Strava so far has not been very robust when it comes to the Garmin plugin on IE 11. Then things seemed to settle down, until I began using the Strava site in anticipation of getting Google Glass (Strava currently has the only “Glassware” apps for run and ride tracking). The Garmin Communicator Plugin is a free Internet browser plugin that lets you connect your Garmin GPS with your favorite website. On more than one occasion I had to resort to Training Center, Garmin’s desktop app, to receive the activity from the device and save it to a TCX file for upload to the website. Once the plugin is installed, just connect your Garmin GPS device to your computer, and you're on your.

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Things changed on an almost weekly basis when Microsoft pushed out an update that broke the plugin or the website, then Garmin fixed it and it worked again. The Garmin Communicator Plugin lets you connect your Garmin GPS with your favorite website. Ever since IE 11 came out earlier this fall, I have been having problems with uploading activities from my Garmin 305.
