It's great to have Google put their influence behind getting people to upgrade their browsers to something created in this millennium!
On 2010-02-02, at 04:01, Raju Bitter wrote: > 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 > >
