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ZDNet UK: UK Government Wakes Up to Firefox

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 25, 2005

“The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has pledged to
make its Web sites compatible with as many browsers as possible,
including the popular open source browser Firefox.

“Carl Mawson, the head of e-communications at the DWP, said on
Wednesday that ‘we are very much aware of the widening range of
browsers used by our customers, such as Firefox and Opera. We aim
to address this, so that our Web sites work in as many browsers,
and on as many platforms as possible…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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