The corresponding blog post: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/modern-browsers-for-modern-applications.html
On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Raju Bitter wrote: > I just got a message from the GoogleApps customers support: > >> 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. > > That's the good thing about Google, they can put a lot of pressure on > Microsoft. > > - Raju
