You will get no argument from many here that using the older browsers are unfortunate. Every brand but the cloud based Ring type stuff still have cameras or processes that are browser dependent. But the cloud based solutions bring their own host of vulnerability issues.
Yes axis still requires IE for many functions. Maybe you find a camera that works on a newer browser, but the PTZs seem to be slow to change across the board.
So we decide to figure out how to use the superior equipment with the outdated browser requirement or go without.
For example almost every Dahua camera can work with other browsers, but not the PTZ. For whatever reason the track time defaults to 15 seconds for any browser but Internet Explorer. So you set that in IE and then use a different browser for anything else.
Plus it isn't like we are in them every single day, so get the configuration done and move on. I have an old laptop that doesn't even have wifi capabilities (old windows 7) with IE on it and I hook my camera directly to it if I need to make any changes. That is all that computer is used for.
Yes axis still requires IE for many functions. Maybe you find a camera that works on a newer browser, but the PTZs seem to be slow to change across the board.
So we decide to figure out how to use the superior equipment with the outdated browser requirement or go without.
For example almost every Dahua camera can work with other browsers, but not the PTZ. For whatever reason the track time defaults to 15 seconds for any browser but Internet Explorer. So you set that in IE and then use a different browser for anything else.
Plus it isn't like we are in them every single day, so get the configuration done and move on. I have an old laptop that doesn't even have wifi capabilities (old windows 7) with IE on it and I hook my camera directly to it if I need to make any changes. That is all that computer is used for.
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