The window is not just closed on low-end Mac users, but low-End PC users, folks
with Newton MessagePads, not-iPhone-phones, and about a zillion other devices
most of us have never heard of.
To an extent, I see this as a business opportunity for someone with some
money+guts+meda savvy. As Microsoft and Google and Apple (and Adobe) continue
to chase after the disposable income of society's "upper crust" with software
features (and bloat), they continue to leave a gap with the other 95% of the
computing world (people in The West without a computer made in the last 2
years, plus another billion people in Asia/Africa/South America).
A person/company with money+guts+media savvy would:
1. Invest $n in a browser app suite that runs in a cloud computing environment
like Amazon or Terramark or etc.
a. Maybe just invest in a proxy that layers in front of Google Apps
and acts like a "pass-through" between the client and Google.
2. Invest $n in contracting out some developers with savvy in developing for
the top n "low end browsers"
3. Invest $n in getting the word out that "no browser left behind".
Of course this is all theoretical. I don't know what the ROI would be on such a
thing.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
MacDiva
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:05 AM
To: iMac Group
Subject: Re: Google dropping support for older browsers in 2010
Well then they will loose many users, won't they? if all Internet
businesses did this, they are effectively closing the window to the
Internet to low end users with Macs that are already very capable but
cannot, even of they wanted upgrade to those newer browsers. I know
of TechSmith also, that will not have available their Jing to users
that do not have the latest OS in Mac. What a waste. I have looked
without success for an older version of Safari for my 12“ , 800 Mhz
iBook and cannot find it. I am stuck with the older Safari on that
machine. So in the future, it is going otbe the best Internet for
those who can afford to buy bew computers with their accompanying OS.
who says there is freedom of information? is this a concerted strategy
from business?
On Feb 2, 10:42 am, "Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I received this email from Google. Although it most directly impacts
> Google Docs and Google Sites at this point, Gmail and Google Calendar
> are next on the list. There's no mention of Google Groups, but I
> wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens here in the coming
> year.
>
> I have some browser suggestions at the end of this posting.
>
> - - - - -
> Dear Google Apps admin,
>
> In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more
> sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the
> latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster
> JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over
> the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft
> Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not
> supported by their own manufacturers.
>
> We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the
> Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After
> that point, certain functionality within these applications may have
> higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers.
> Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers
> for Google Mail and Google Calendar.
>
> Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above,
> Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and
> above.
>
> Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message
> in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and
> asking them to upgrade their browser. We will also alert you again
> closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.
>
> In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to
> enhance your product experience. We are aiming to beat that in 2010
> and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration
> products for businesses.
>
> Thank you for your continued support!
> - - - - -
>
> Free Mac browsers, other than Safari (which you should already have).
> Versions compatible with oldest versions of OS X and oldest hardware
> listed ahead of those with higher system requirements:
>
> Opera 10, OS X 10.3 and later,http://www.opera.com/
> Firefox 3.6, OS X 10.4 and later,http://www.mozilla.com/
> Camino 2.0, OS X 10.4 and later,http://caminobrowser.org/
> Camino 1.6 supports OS X 10.3.9,http://caminobrowser.org/download/
> SeaMonkey 2.0, OS X 10.4 and later,http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
> Shiira 2.0, OS X 10.4 and later,http://shiira.jp/en
> Flock, OS X 10.4 and later,http://www.flock.com/
> Google Chrome, Intel only, OS X 10.5 and
> later,http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac
>
> Mac OS 9 users, I don't think Classilla (http://classilla.org/) is
> going to be supported, but you never know.
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