blog.tcg.com — According to Dan Turner "NASA has given up entirely on Internet Explorer. Now every time you go to a page using IE, you get up to three prompts telling you how risky it is to run scripts. The official line is that the newest IE vulnerability was the proverbial straw, and now NASA's standard browser is Firefox."
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rookieoneDec 5, 2005
What are yall talkin about? I am able to see in both browsers...i dont get the Java thing message when i click the link...is that good or bad?
motorbikemattDec 5, 2005
I've been following this story and I have to say that I really find this difficult to believe.First off, NASA has no real standard for computer usage. For workstations there are TONS of Apples depending on the Center (but more than an average gov't agency), but also a ton of Dells, and very few linux boxes. The network, again, depending on the center, and the contractor, is a mix of Unixes and Linuxes, but lots of Windows too.For NASA to make something as stupid as a Browser choice "Standard", I don't know, there's no proof yet, but perhaps in the morning we'll hear something...so still No Digg, yet. It wouldn't surprise me, but there is so much more crap going on with NASA that this is the LEAST of their worries.
bonzooznobDec 5, 2005
**INTERNAL** folks... for all those moaning that they can see the site fine in IE, RTFA."...employee of NASA, every time you go to a page using IE..."Now, facts or no facts, this brings up a hidden little "not so loudly spoken" truth, that lots of Companies are encouraging non-IE browser use.Which isn't surprising, since every day, I recommend Firefox, or Opera over IE.Better security, printing, bookmarks, updates, tabs, css, standards, features, portability, extensions, developer tools, popup blocking, searching, etc.
vdub12Dec 5, 2005
Dose anyone have a creditable source on this I am not going to trust blogs. Most of the time i think they make stuff up just to get posted places.
theavidgeekDec 5, 2005
w00tNext step...MS buys FF LOL
emerson42Dec 5, 2005
I'm currently logged in from JSC and I can tell you, this isn't the case. They do install an old version of Firefox (1.0.6) on the computers, but that is all. There is no default, and some things still work best with IE because of proprietary crappy scripting.
embracewareDec 5, 2005
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize FireFox is better than IE. But it's cool that they know :)
h2d2Dec 5, 2005
Maxthon all the way...<a class="user" href="http://www.maxthon.com/">http://www.maxthon.com/</a>
mfearbyDec 5, 2005
@truepatriot, thanks... You are a true patriot :-)
roaminDec 8, 2005
Amanda at Rocketboom says it's not true.NO DIGG
motorbikemattDec 10, 2005
Yep. Bogus.<a class="user" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28149">http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28149</a>