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I have been using Firefox since it was called Firebird. Off late one of the reasons, adoption isn't climbing is because Firefox is not included as one of the su

I have been using Firefox since it was called Firebird. Off late one of the reasons, adoption isn't climbing is because Firefox is not included as one of the supported let alone allowed pieces of software in corporate companies. At my last company, security guys went as far as to classify Firefox a risk. They instructed Desktop Support to remotely uninstall Firefox off users machines. Most people I support would rather use the same software at home that they use at work. I admire what Mozilla is trying to achieve and have always promoted it to people asking me for IT software to use. Edit: It wasn't my decision to classify Firefox as a security risk. Just stating that in corporate organizations I have worked using Firefox is not encouraged at all.

dizzystar 9y ago
Why did your security classify Firefox as a risk?
- mmsimanga 9y ago
  It was just after WannaCry was big news. They had installed some Blucoat or something along those lines. I think Firefox didn't play so nice with the monitoring software hence it was classified a risk. I have to add that the Security Director wasn't a security expert, highly ambitious and was never going to entertain anything he didn't understand.
  - stuartd 9y ago
    the Security Director wasn't a security expert - not ideal..
  - dizzystar 9y ago
    >> I have to add that the Security Director wasn't a security expert Typical.
ghostly_s 9y ago
Sounds like you just worked with some incompetent IT departments. IE is still the only widely 'supported' browser in enterprise, but most places I've worked have allowed alternative browsers (any of them), even when they have not been willing to support their internal platforms on them. I can think of no rational basis to decide Chrome is supported but not Firefox.
- briandear 9y ago
  To be fair though, the most valuable company in the world works on Safari. Salesforce is a pretty massive enterprise and IE isn’t the browser they use. Facebook employees don’t use IE. I wouldn’t say “IE is the only widely supported browser in the enterprise.” Has just gave you theee examples of major enterprises that specifically don’t use IE.

dizzystar 9y ago

Why did your security classify Firefox as a risk?

mmsimanga 9y ago
It was just after WannaCry was big news. They had installed some Blucoat or something along those lines. I think Firefox didn't play so nice with the monitoring software hence it was classified a risk. I have to add that the Security Director wasn't a security expert, highly ambitious and was never going to entertain anything he didn't understand.
- stuartd 9y ago
  the Security Director wasn't a security expert - not ideal..
- dizzystar 9y ago
  >> I have to add that the Security Director wasn't a security expert Typical.

ghostly_s 9y ago

Sounds like you just worked with some incompetent IT departments. IE is still the only widely 'supported' browser in enterprise, but most places I've worked have allowed alternative browsers (any of them), even when they have not been willing to support their internal platforms on them. I can think of no rational basis to decide Chrome is supported but not Firefox.

briandear 9y ago
To be fair though, the most valuable company in the world works on Safari. Salesforce is a pretty massive enterprise and IE isn’t the browser they use. Facebook employees don’t use IE. I wouldn’t say “IE is the only widely supported browser in the enterprise.” Has just gave you theee examples of major enterprises that specifically don’t use IE.