What Browser on Company PC. IT workers vs the rest?
Poll: What Browser on Company PC. IT workers vs the rest?
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Discussion
I don't want to influence peoples answers. But out of interest. And in no way to solve an argument about a particular browser in this list...honest.
Which browsers are available to you. You might have a preference. But, if you have several you can pick from, I'd like to know what your choices are.
If you work in the IT department (or whatever you decide to call that department), please only tick the IT boxes.
If you don't work in IT, tick the "Other" boxes.
Thanks
(Or feel free to make a mess of it. I can't stop you. You do have free will you know! )
Which browsers are available to you. You might have a preference. But, if you have several you can pick from, I'd like to know what your choices are.
If you work in the IT department (or whatever you decide to call that department), please only tick the IT boxes.
If you don't work in IT, tick the "Other" boxes.
Thanks
(Or feel free to make a mess of it. I can't stop you. You do have free will you know!
)Munter said:
You do have free will you know! )
Are you saying we have no choice but to have free will....... )I'm a non-IT bod and we have explorer, edge, and chrome on our laptops. We aren't able to change the default browser, so clicking links always opens edge, which is infuriating in the extreme. Most of our internal systems with web interfaces don't like edge so we have to use explorer. So:
Chrome for browsing whilst at work (PH and work stuff)
Explorer for document management systems, regulatory portals etc etc
Edge whenever I click a link.....
I used Edge exclusively for a long while, but it started pissing me off with where it opened a new window on my 3 screen desktop.
Randomly anywhere across the 3 desktops was the norm. I could have coped with that, but every now and again it would open fullscreen, and when i dragged it out it would be a 1:1 aspect ratio, which meant i had to manually resize.
It did it once too many times and i switched to Chrome. Chrome has done nothing to offend me, so it's my choice of desktop browser.
However, still on Edge on my laptops and Surface Pro. SP will happily sit all day using Edge, whisper quiet. If i open Chrome, within 30 seconds the fans are spinning up and the device is noticeably hotter. Close Chrome, 30 seconds later, fans go off.
So Edge on any battery powered device for me.
Randomly anywhere across the 3 desktops was the norm. I could have coped with that, but every now and again it would open fullscreen, and when i dragged it out it would be a 1:1 aspect ratio, which meant i had to manually resize.
It did it once too many times and i switched to Chrome. Chrome has done nothing to offend me, so it's my choice of desktop browser.
However, still on Edge on my laptops and Surface Pro. SP will happily sit all day using Edge, whisper quiet. If i open Chrome, within 30 seconds the fans are spinning up and the device is noticeably hotter. Close Chrome, 30 seconds later, fans go off.
So Edge on any battery powered device for me.
alock said:
I think you're missing the best option, which is two browsers. For me it's:
Chrome for all work stuff which is signed in to any work related sites.
Opera (with in-built VPN) for private stuff on work laptop. I'm apparently somewhere in Sweden as far as PH is concerned.
Wecome min vänChrome for all work stuff which is signed in to any work related sites.
Opera (with in-built VPN) for private stuff on work laptop. I'm apparently somewhere in Sweden as far as PH is concerned.
You can tick more than one option
Pretty shambolic out our place to be honest.
We have to have IE11 as the default browser otherwise TeamCenter (POS (not point of sale!)) doesn't work, same for Time Workbench (SAP) that we use for time sheets.
The recommended browser for the Intranet (using Sharepoint) is Chrome as we don't have Edge.
Finally we use the Atlassian toolset for developing (JIRA, BitBucket, etc.) and that works much better in Chrome.
You'd think a large multinational technology based company would have this sorted by now wouldn't you?
We have to have IE11 as the default browser otherwise TeamCenter (POS (not point of sale!)) doesn't work, same for Time Workbench (SAP) that we use for time sheets.
The recommended browser for the Intranet (using Sharepoint) is Chrome as we don't have Edge.
Finally we use the Atlassian toolset for developing (JIRA, BitBucket, etc.) and that works much better in Chrome.
You'd think a large multinational technology based company would have this sorted by now wouldn't you?
I spent two years living and working in South Korea, where it's Internet Explorer or a mobile browser on your phone. Just about every desktop browser other than IE is hobbled by their over dependence on ActiveX.
To be truly internet capable on a desktop there you'll need to run 3 versions of IE.
IE6, 8, and 9. Move to 10 or 11 and you're fupped.
Hence their over dependence on mobile apps, where many of the local ones demand unnecessary permissions in order to continue the state snooping into all avenues of your life. Banking apps won't run without installing both a Korean security suite and an anti virus app. Between the 3 of them they attempt to collect every piece of information available on your phone. Anyway, that's meandering off topic.
I believe Japan and maybe some North African countries are still mostly reliant on IE too.
To be truly internet capable on a desktop there you'll need to run 3 versions of IE.
IE6, 8, and 9. Move to 10 or 11 and you're fupped.
Hence their over dependence on mobile apps, where many of the local ones demand unnecessary permissions in order to continue the state snooping into all avenues of your life. Banking apps won't run without installing both a Korean security suite and an anti virus app. Between the 3 of them they attempt to collect every piece of information available on your phone. Anyway, that's meandering off topic.
I believe Japan and maybe some North African countries are still mostly reliant on IE too.
HM-2 said:
Chromium (not Chrome) for both IMO.
Basically, Chrome, but lightweight and with less intrusive Googleness.
That sounds like a preference. Which is great. But that can't be all that you have available on your PC right? If Chromium for some reason didn't work for a particular application. What else would you have to hand to use right away?Basically, Chrome, but lightweight and with less intrusive Googleness.
I'm a software tester for a web based system, I honestly answered yes to every single option!
Right now I have Firefox and Brave open.
Installed on my W10 machine I have Chrome, Firefox, Opera Edge, Nu_beta Edge, the version of IE that microsoft still hides within Windows 10 and Brave.
On a Linux Mint VM (Connected via my wifi adapter to the outside works away from the office proxy) there is Palemoon, Firefox and Chromium
Windows 7 VM has Old_ IE (which I had to fire up the other week as a customer had issues rendering part of our system. I had to prove that it was IE which we do not officially support (top 4 support here, of which IE is not in anymore) and then shut it down for another 6 months)
The corporate Server 2012 virtual desktop that has an ancient version of IE and Firefox installed that I barely use
An OS X VM which runs like utter s
t but works enough to fire up Safari to test
Ancient stty ipad knocking around somewhere which the company gave us to test with
My phone which has Chrome, Opera and Firefox on
Colleagues work phone which has the same and Edge for android
We borrow Yvonne from the other side of the desk's iphone for occasional use.
And once, we had an issue with a connection server side (which we pay to have hosted) which the company flat out denied, and I borrowed 2 other desks next to me and had the site errored out on 6 screens with different browsers and operating systems, 4 phones and the ipad all in the one photo. Oddly enough they suddenly agreed with me that yes there was a problem. I had that printed out and stuck on the wall for a while until the blu-tack failed
Right now I have Firefox and Brave open.
Installed on my W10 machine I have Chrome, Firefox, Opera Edge, Nu_beta Edge, the version of IE that microsoft still hides within Windows 10 and Brave.
On a Linux Mint VM (Connected via my wifi adapter to the outside works away from the office proxy) there is Palemoon, Firefox and Chromium
Windows 7 VM has Old_ IE (which I had to fire up the other week as a customer had issues rendering part of our system. I had to prove that it was IE which we do not officially support (top 4 support here, of which IE is not in anymore) and then shut it down for another 6 months)
The corporate Server 2012 virtual desktop that has an ancient version of IE and Firefox installed that I barely use
An OS X VM which runs like utter s
t but works enough to fire up Safari to testAncient s
tty ipad knocking around somewhere which the company gave us to test withMy phone which has Chrome, Opera and Firefox on
Colleagues work phone which has the same and Edge for android
We borrow Yvonne from the other side of the desk's iphone for occasional use.
And once, we had an issue with a connection server side (which we pay to have hosted) which the company flat out denied, and I borrowed 2 other desks next to me and had the site errored out on 6 screens with different browsers and operating systems, 4 phones and the ipad all in the one photo. Oddly enough they suddenly agreed with me that yes there was a problem. I had that printed out and stuck on the wall for a while until the blu-tack failed
Munter said:
If Chromium for some reason didn't work for a particular application.
Like what? The only things that won't work properly on Chromium are ancient web applications built for <IE8 (IE not compliant with the basic standards on which the internet is built), and you shouldn't be using those anyway. That said, I do keep Firefox as a "contingency" browser- but don't use it.HM-2 said:
Munter said:
If Chromium for some reason didn't work for a particular application.
Like what? The only things that won't work properly on Chromium are ancient web applications built for <IE8 (IE not compliant with the basic standards on which the internet is built), and you shouldn't be using those anyway. That said, I do keep Firefox as a "contingency" browser- but don't use it.The premise was that most people would have access to Edge. They may use Chrome or Firefox through choice. But even if they don't like Edge. It's probably available to them. Of course for some people Edge is too new and they are stuck on IE. But...who cares about them.
Assuming people have answered the poll correctly. It appears some people have had IE/Edge actually removed from them and wouldn't be able to use it.
C0ffin D0dger said:
Pretty shambolic out our place to be honest.
We have to have IE11 as the default browser otherwise TeamCenter (POS (not point of sale!)) doesn't work, same for Time Workbench (SAP) that we use for time sheets.
The recommended browser for the Intranet (using Sharepoint) is Chrome as we don't have Edge.
Finally we use the Atlassian toolset for developing (JIRA, BitBucket, etc.) and that works much better in Chrome.
You'd think a large multinational technology based company would have this sorted by now wouldn't you?
Work for the a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle too? We have to have IE11 as the default browser otherwise TeamCenter (POS (not point of sale!)) doesn't work, same for Time Workbench (SAP) that we use for time sheets.
The recommended browser for the Intranet (using Sharepoint) is Chrome as we don't have Edge.
Finally we use the Atlassian toolset for developing (JIRA, BitBucket, etc.) and that works much better in Chrome.
You'd think a large multinational technology based company would have this sorted by now wouldn't you?
At work Firefox, and Edge begrudgingly. Should probably move to Waterfox as I did at home though, it still does legacy addon support and I want my classic theme restorer
Regular users can have Chrome installed for them if there's a need (add to group to push from SCCM), but only IE and Edge are supported - but we just use what ever we want pretty much. Have to use Edge as our Sharepoint stops access from anything else, and I need another browser so I can open a private window for each of two domains' 365/Azure portal (because a non-private window will inherit the non-admin logon session user if you're wondering). Only use IE for leave etc. on SAP as it spawns an IE window, but it only works if you open it from Edge...
Regular users can have Chrome installed for them if there's a need (add to group to push from SCCM), but only IE and Edge are supported - but we just use what ever we want pretty much. Have to use Edge as our Sharepoint stops access from anything else, and I need another browser so I can open a private window for each of two domains' 365/Azure portal (because a non-private window will inherit the non-admin logon session user if you're wondering). Only use IE for leave etc. on SAP as it spawns an IE window, but it only works if you open it from Edge...
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