morrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFirefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Governmentwww.brycewray.comexternal-linkmessage-square248fedilinkarrow-up1651cross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1651external-linkFirefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Governmentwww.brycewray.commorrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square248fedilinkcross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareSparking@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 months agoAre they talking about government devices? I’ve never seen firefox installed on a government device.
minus-squareMrConfusion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·11 months agoThey are talking about .gov websites. Any website operated by the US government should, at least according to their own standards, develop for and test for users using Firefox. If this is followed in practice the article doesn’t really cover.
minus-squareSparking@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s USWDS, firefox should still work as long as it is standards compliant.
minus-squarepigup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt is installed on our computers, depends on the agency it policy
minus-squareSparking@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, I’m surprised your agency let’s you do that with firefox. First time I have heard of that.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDo school or library computers count as government devices?
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoTechnically, yes, but in this context government devices means systems used by federal employees which have access to PII or classified information.
minus-squareSparking@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoGenerally I was talking about Federal devices. Those move a lot of needles because one federal change can switch a lot of stuff over.
Are they talking about government devices? I’ve never seen firefox installed on a government device.
They are talking about .gov websites. Any website operated by the US government should, at least according to their own standards, develop for and test for users using Firefox. If this is followed in practice the article doesn’t really cover.
It’s USWDS, firefox should still work as long as it is standards compliant.
It is installed on our computers, depends on the agency it policy
Yeah, I’m surprised your agency let’s you do that with firefox. First time I have heard of that.
Do school or library computers count as government devices?
Technically, yes, but in this context government devices means systems used by federal employees which have access to PII or classified information.
Generally I was talking about Federal devices. Those move a lot of needles because one federal change can switch a lot of stuff over.