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Revision as of 05:26, 19 September 2007
University of Turku, Finland
- ~ 5000 computers, mostly PC's
- Firefox is installed to computer labs and set up as a default browser
- Published as an optional install to personnel
- Group Policy -based software deployment
Firefox customizations
We have packaged our customized MSI-package to deploy Firefox. Key features are:
- Simple helper script to pre-create Firefox profile at user login (using Active Setup). This prevents "import settings"-dialog at first Firefox startup and shortens up Firefox startup time. Important in computer labs, where user doesn't have neither Windows nor Firefox profile and thus Firefox always makes "first start".
- pre-tuned default profile
- prefs.js - default settings
- cert8.db - Utu root certificate
- hostperm.1 - disable popup blocking for certain sites
- Mark Sammons'es group policy code injected into nsBrowserContentHandler.js
- MSI packaged with WiX
Problems
- Some Firefox settings are very hard to manage centrally
- User preferences should be stored or backed up centrally somewhere