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Strange indeed that "tightly controlled enterprise environments" are so blissfully unaware of the functionality of chrome.

tomc1985 7y ago
There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious.
- esquire_900 7y ago
  Firefox does: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-esr-release-cycle https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-esr-release-cyc...
  - mrspuratic 7y ago
    ESR user for many years, plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security" (but mostly care about CSS eye candy and the latest whizzbang). Free beta tester for other people isn't in my job description ;-)
    - progval 7y ago
      > plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security" What kind of site does that? I'm on ESR too (from Debian's repos) and never seen anything like it
      - krageon 7y ago
        Specifically this example I don't know, but there are pretty big differences between look and feel on websites when sending a Chrome UA vs a Firefox UA. The most obvious example is Google.
        mrspuratic 7y ago
        I just lie about the version: an ESR can lag current by 8 major versions, ~12 months (with full security patching of course)
      - mrspuratic 7y ago
        Citrix support kb is one. I've heard Twitter & Spotify too.
  - Freak_NL 7y ago
    I always recommend Firefox ESR to corporate clients that use our web-based product. Long-term stability, automatic security updates, and a yearly, well-documented release cycle that allows their IT department to test the upcoming ESR release and upgrade with confidence, while we get the benefit of a modern web browser to target.
  - sciurus 7y ago
    Also relevant is that there are additional management features targeted at Enterprise needs like group policy. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious. Sure there are, especially in enterprise, where IE is still a thing. There aren't good alternatives, but...

tomc1985 7y ago

There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious.

esquire_900 7y ago
Firefox does: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-esr-release-cycle https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-esr-release-cyc...
- mrspuratic 7y ago
  ESR user for many years, plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security" (but mostly care about CSS eye candy and the latest whizzbang). Free beta tester for other people isn't in my job description ;-)
  - progval 7y ago
    > plus useragent-switcher for sites that pretend to care about my "security" What kind of site does that? I'm on ESR too (from Debian's repos) and never seen anything like it
    - krageon 7y ago
      Specifically this example I don't know, but there are pretty big differences between look and feel on websites when sending a Chrome UA vs a Firefox UA. The most obvious example is Google.
      - mrspuratic 7y ago
        I just lie about the version: an ESR can lag current by 8 major versions, ~12 months (with full security patching of course)
    - mrspuratic 7y ago
      Citrix support kb is one. I've heard Twitter & Spotify too.
- Freak_NL 7y ago
  I always recommend Firefox ESR to corporate clients that use our web-based product. Long-term stability, automatic security updates, and a yearly, well-documented release cycle that allows their IT department to test the upcoming ESR release and upgrade with confidence, while we get the benefit of a modern web browser to target.
- sciurus 7y ago
  Also relevant is that there are additional management features targeted at Enterprise needs like group policy. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/
dragonwriter 7y ago
> There aren't a lot of alternatives to the current trend of shipping shit fast and furious. Sure there are, especially in enterprise, where IE is still a thing. There aren't good alternatives, but...