Re: Firefox as default browser in labs

[Ken Layng <kml18 () PSU EDU>]

Honestly, I don't know - I use Thunderbird  :-).  But it would be easy
enough to test it.  Perhaps there's a way to configure that within the
client.  I did have a similar issue with links in AIM opening via IE.

Howell, Paul wrote:
> IETab would be helpful to Firefox browsers hitting web pages that work
> with IE only, such as OWA, but I don't think it would be used by say the
> Outlook fat client when opening an HTML message.  Outlook would still
> use the MS IE engine to render the HTML.
>
> Or have you found differently?
>
> < paul
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>       From: Ken Layng [mailto:kml18 () PSU EDU]
>       Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:09 PM
>       To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
>       Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Firefox as default browser in labs
>       
>       
>       Firefox has a very nice extension called "IETab", which enables
> a user to define certain pages or sites to open via an internal IE
> engine by default - VERY nice.  It also has a toggle button which allows
> the user to render these either way on the fly.  Moreover, you can
> create an msi package with a sub-set of extensions, and deploy those to
> users and labs via GPO.  I virtually never open IE anymore - even for MS
> updates and sites that require IE.
>       
>       Howell, Paul wrote:
>
>               I think the issue is a little worse than just 3rd party
> apps.  Most MS
>               products use the IE engine to render HTML.  This being
> the case, you
>               still have to apply all IE patches to ensure that the
> engine is update
>               to date for products such as office and outlook.
>               
>               Using Firefox instead of IE just means that instead of
> one piece of
>               software that you have to maintain, you now have two
> that must be
>               maintained.
>               
>               Is that really what you wanted to do?
>               
>               < paul
>               
>               
>               
>
>                       -----Original Message-----
>                       From: Jeff Kell [mailto:jeff-kell () UTC EDU]
>                       Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:36 PM
>                       To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
>                       Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Firefox as default
> browser in labs
>                       
>                       Vicky Walker wrote:
>                       
>
>                               Basically, you need to be careful about
> any purchased
>                               
>
>                       products before
>                       
>
>                               eliminating IE altogether.
>                               
>
>                       and/or, be careful about any future purchased
> products that
>                       *require* IE :-)
>                       
>                       Jeff
>                       
>                       
>
>               
>               
>               
>               
>
>
>       --
>       
>       
>       Ken Layng
>       The Pennsylvania State University
>       ITS/TLT/Training Services
>       23 Willard
>       814-863-8800
>       kml18 () psu edu

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Ken Layng
The Pennsylvania State University
ITS/TLT/Training Services
23 Willard
814-863-8800
kml18 () psu edu <mailto:kml18 () psu edu>

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