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]
> >
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