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I'm with you on the old kiosk-friendly Opera. Time was that we had an Opera-based kiosk that just worked. It needed to be restarted twice a year, when the time changed, because Opera's javascript clock had a weird bug where it didn't adjust for DST. Other than that it took basically zero maintenance. We still haven't found a completely stable kiosk-friendly replacement. On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Lolis, John <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It's been about a year and a half since I decided to get rid of Chrome from > both staff and public computers here. I reached that point after seeing > just how much network traffic was generated due to updates and who knows > what, and also finding out that Chrome was saving every single installation > update file on my work computer until those files took up 30GB (I haven't > seen that anywhere else, but then again, I never looked). It also doesn't > like it when you disable or delete Chrome's scheduled tasks, as it > re-creates them at will. > > My go to browser now is Vivaldi. It supports Chrome extensions, so I don't > miss my browser dev tools. > > I also use Firefox quite a bit, depending on the site I'm visiting. > > But how I miss the Opera of yore, especially the version with the > absolutely fantastic kiosk capabilities. > > John Lolis > Coordinator of Computer Systems > > <https://whiteplainslibrary.org/> > 100 Martine Avenue > White Plains, NY 10601 > > tel: 1.914.422.1497 > fax: 1.914.422.1452 > > https://whiteplainslibrary.org/ > > *When you think about it, *all* security is ultimately security by > ignorance.* > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 7:48 PM Sam Manderson <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Greetings library colleagues, > > > > I would like to propose the changes to Google Chrome make the use of the > > application in a Public PC environment unconscionable from a user privacy > > standpoint. > > https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-login-privacy/ > > https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving- > chrome/ > > > > Mozilla's 'Firefox' is a comparable web-browser which is in my view a > good > > replacement, and the values of Mozilla more closely align with broader > > library values. > > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ > > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ > > > > Best, > > > > Sam Manderson > > Librarian - Mobile & Outreach Services | Whangarei Libraries Whangarei > > District Council | Private Bag 9006, Whangarei 0148 | > > www.whangarei-libraries.com P 09 430 4206 | DDI 09 470 3002 | E > > [log in to unmask] > > >