[OPLINTECH] IE on public computers?

[Ken Butler]

I removed the shortcuts to IE / Edge from the desktop and taskbar on our
public computers. The apps are still there, just harder to find. Chrome is
our default browser, and we also have Firefox installed in case Chrome
doesn't work. Almost every issue was remedied by switching to Chrome. I
don't think I've ever seen an issue that was remedied by switching to IE /
Edge, although as you said, there are probably still rare sites out there
that require IE.

We still have the occasional issue where someone types in "internet" in the
Windows 10 search bar and pulls up Internet Explorer or Edge instead and
then has problems, but instead of these issues being a daily occurrence,
they now rarely happen more than once per month. I think this is a good
compromise.


On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Occasionally some staff suggest that we remove Internet Explorer from our
> public computers (we also have Firefox, Chrome, and Edge). I'm hesitant to
> do that because I bet there are still web sites that require IE to function
> properly, though I'm not finding any information about that with a quick
> search.
>
> Do you have IE on your public computers?
>
> Phil
> --
> Phil Shirley
> Technology Services Coordinator
> Cuyahoga Falls Library
> Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
> 330-928-2117, ext. 109
> pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary.org
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Ken Butler
hcotech at holmeslib.org
Head of Information Technology
Holmes County District Public Library
3102 Glen Drive
Millersburg, OH 44654
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