In March 2017, we announced that the Firefox browser would not be included when we rolled out Windows 10 on public computers. Because there isn't an easy way to manage Firefox centrally, in the past we had to create custom scripts and tweaks to customize and maintain it on public PCs. When planning for Windows 10 for public PCs, it made sense to replace Firefox with Edge, a browser that can easily be centrally managed. The Tech Committee approved eliminating Firefox from Windows 10 public computers at the February 1st, 2017 Tech Committee meeting.
After a significant update to the Firefox browser last week, we discovered problems on older public PCs with the way the new version Firefox behaves when combined with out custom security and privacy measures. Because of these issues, at this week's Technology Committee meeting the committee approved the decision to also retire the Firefox browser on Windows 7 and 8 public computers. When Firefox is retired on Win7 & 8 public PCs next week, the LINKcat desktop shortcut will be reconfigured to open in Chrome.
