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On 21 December 2017 at 10:59, Sylvestre Ledru <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for your feedback. > You will understand that it is impossible to make everyone happy with a > new release. > Now, the goal of this mailing list is "enterprise developers, IT staff and > Firefox developers can discuss the challenges, ideas and best practices for > deploying Firefox in the enterprise". > I don't think this is the right place to have such discussion. Please move > this discussion somewhere else. > > Thanks, > Sylvestre > > On 21/12/2017 09:47, Alan Bell wrote: > > Reminds me of the windows 8 saga, where someone decided every desktop > had to act like a phone, > > > > The W8 release got junked, the guy behind W8 got fired. > > > > On my desktop I have a nice wide screen, a mouse and a functional > keyboard, and other applications open that need to work with the browser. > > > > On my phone I have a screen that can present perhaps 1 item of useful > information at a time, normally transient. > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > Alan Bell > > Tel: +44 (0) 2392 265109 ext 22 > > www.wessextech.co.uk > > www.countermark.com > > Wessex Technology OEP Ltd, Unit 16, Somerset House, Hussar Court, > Westside View, Waterlooville, PO7 7SG, UK > > > > Registered in England and Wales, no: 2833845. reg. office: 204 London > Road, Waterlooville PO7 7AN, UK This email and any attachments are > confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the named > recipient, you must not use, disclose, reproduce, copy or distribute the > contents of this communication. If you have received this in error, please > contact the sender and then delete this email from your system. > > > > Spam Policy: Wessex Technology uses email filtering from Symantec and > spamhaus.org for the protection of its system integrity > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Perkins > > Sent: 21 December 2017 06:30 > > To: Fred Bauer; Sylvestre Ledru; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Announcing the next Extended Support > Release of Firefox - ESR60 with policy engine > > > > Agreed. FireFox 57 sucks. I had to go back to previous version. When > I found that the older ESR supported all the features I wanted, I decided > to go back (in versions) even more to the ESR. > > > > > > > > > > All my machines will soon have the ESR. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Enterprise <[email protected]> on behalf of Fred > Bauer <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 1:39 PM > > To: Sylvestre Ledru; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Announcing the next Extended Support > Release of Firefox - ESR60 with policy engine > > > > > > I'm not a system administrator, and I don't even play one on TV. I'm > just a long-time Firefox user who was forced to switch to the ESR channel > because of intense dislike of the new "normal channel" Firefox release. I > don't understand why Firefox had to essentially mimic the Chrome UI, which > does not support how I want to use my computer browser. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now it seems from the messages on this listserve that the forthcoming > ESR release next year will probably adopt the same ADD-friendly regular > Firefox/Chrome UI, and I'll be left without a useful browser. Depressing. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if my feelings are shared by anyone else, but I did want to > put them out there: not everybody wants their computer browser to work like > a smart phone browser. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for listening, > > > > Fred Bauer > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Enterprise <[email protected]> on behalf of > Sylvestre Ledru <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 5:06 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Mozilla Enterprise] Announcing the next Extended Support > Release of Firefox - ESR60 with policy engine > > > > The Firefox ESR (extended support release) is based on an official > release of Firefox desktop for use by organizations including schools, > universities, businesses and others who need extended support for mass > deployments. Since Firefox 10, ESR has grown in popularity and many large > organizations rely on it to let their employees browse the Internet > securely. > > > > We want to make customization of Firefox deployments simpler for system > administrators and we're pleased to announce that our next ESR version, > Firefox 60, will include a policy engine that increases customization > possibilities and integration into existing management systems. > > > > What is the policy engine? > > The Policy Engine is a project to build a Firefox desktop configuration > and customization feature for enterprise users. The policy engine will work > with any tool that wants to set policies and we intend to bring Windows > Group Policy support soon. We'll be initially supporting a limited set of > policies but this will be evolving through user feedback. > > More details on the policy engine can be found here. < > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/EnterprisePolicies> > > Bug reference <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1419102> > > > > What's the plan? > > In order to accommodate the group policy implementation, we are making > Firefox 60 our next ESR version and will be following this plan: > > > > * May 8th - ESR 60.0 released (we'd love feedback from early > adopters at that point and will be sharing a feedback form through the > enterprise mailing list) > > * July 3rd - ESR 60.1 released > > * August 28th - End of life for ESR 52 and release of ESR 60.2.0. No > further updates will be offered for ESR52 and an update to ESR60.0.2 will > be provided through the application update service > > > > > > Also please keep in mind that Firefox 57, released last month, supports > only add-ons built with the WebExtensions API <https://developer.mozilla. > org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions> . This means that Firefox 52 ESR is the > last release that will support legacy add-ons. If you developed an add-on > that has not been updated to the WebExtensions API, there is still time to > do so. Documentation <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/ > WebExtensions/Porting_a_legacy_Firefox_add-on> is available, and you can > ask questions by emailing [email protected] or joining the > #webextensions channel at irc.mozilla.org <http://irc.mozilla.org> . > > If you are supporting users who use add-ons, now is a good time to > encourage them to check if their add-on works < > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/frequently-asked- > questions-firefox-addon> with Firefox 57+. > > > > Erin, Felipe, Jeff, Kev, Mike Kaply, Romain, Shell & Sylvestre > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/ > listinfo/enterprise or send an email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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