Re: Business and educational users ignored?

On Aug 15, 1:41 pm, Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ben Claar wrote:
> > This has been said once in this thread, but not addressed.  It needs
> > to be.
>
> > Assuming all users are on the latest version, and requiring the same,
> > goes against the realities of corporate software management.
>
> > Whether due to QA testing before deployment, low-to-no-permissions
> > users, or deep-freeze usage in computer labs, often these computers
> > simply CANNOT auto-update.
>
> > Making such a wide-sweeping assumption that all computers must always
> > be up to-date seems to ignore the realities of these environments.
>
> You're a bit late here. The decision to maintain only one version of
> Firefox was made the better part of a year ago and has already been put
> into practice. Firefox 5 was the update for Firefox 4 and there are no
> Firefox 4 patches coming to patch known security vulnerabilities in that
> version.
>
> This, however, is off-topic for this group.
>
> - A

A browser that is not USABLE to a HUGE NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL AND
IMPORTANT USERS is not off-topic for the USABILITY GROUP.   You need
to take a breather Asa, go swimming, take a walk, have lunch with old
friends in business... get some perspective.