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LWN login problems with Internet ExplorerLWN login problems with Internet ExplorerPosted Mar 21, 2004 19:53 UTC (Sun) by TheOneKEA (subscriber, #615)In reply to: LWN login problems with Internet Explorer by ttonino Parent article: LWN login problems with Internet Explorer You can still use Firefox if you don't have install rights; that's what the zipped builds are for.
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LWN login problems with Internet Explorer Posted Mar 21, 2004 20:58 UTC (Sun) by simlo (subscriber, #10866) [Link] But you can't get through a MS proxy requiring you to athenticate with NTLM. Only IE and Mozilla 1.3- can do that.
LWN login problems with Internet Explorer Posted Mar 22, 2004 5:42 UTC (Mon) by mcbridematt (guest, #10302) [Link] But FireFox is based off the main Mozilla trunk - it will authenticate with ISA proxies just like Mozilla SeaMonkey can.
LWN login problems with Internet Explorer Posted Mar 21, 2004 21:51 UTC (Sun) by james (subscriber, #1325) [Link] Yes, but may one use Firefox in a corporate environment?In case that needs explaining: many corporate environments have an Approved List of software that may be put on their PCs. Downloading and running programs that aren't on that list can be a serious corporate offense. Given what some of my users have downloaded, I can see their point, with all the spyware, trojan horses, potential for copyright violations, restrictive licenses, stuff that gets around firewall limitations, and other stuff that's out there. With the wonderfully misplaced inventiveness of some users, an Approved List and severe penalties for breaking it is a relatively easy way of keeping the problem from becoming too severe. Unfortunately, you then get Corporate Structure involved, and at best one tends to need a "valid business reason" and your boss's signature to request that a program goes onto the Approved List. If corporate structure is too baroque, it must be tempting just to use Internet Explorer. And if the company gets infected -- well, the company asked for it.
LWN login problems with Internet Explorer Posted Mar 22, 2004 17:09 UTC (Mon) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266) [Link] You're absolutely right, of course. Many businesses don't want to support their users on multiple browsers. My company is like that; they go to the extreme and don't even let us install browsers for testing our own applications; if we want to do that we need to use a virtual machine or a separate, test-only PC. So, if LWN stops working with IE I will have to stop subscribing, since I often read it at work.
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