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Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government (www.brycewray.com)
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[–] spark947@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Are they talking about government devices? I've never seen firefox installed on a government device.

[–] MrConfusion@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

It's USWDS, firefox should still work as long as it is standards compliant.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is installed on our computers, depends on the agency it policy

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I'm surprised your agency let's you do that with firefox. First time I have heard of that.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do school or library computers count as government devices?

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Generally I was talking about Federal devices. Those move a lot of needles because one federal change can switch a lot of stuff over.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Technically, yes, but in this context government devices means systems used by federal employees which have access to PII or classified information.