BBC News - Google to abandon older browsers: "Google is phasing out support for older browsers from 1 August.
Those using IE7, Safari 3, Firefox 3.5 and their predecessors to view Gmail, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites will then lose some functions.
Eventually, it warned, these web services will stop working for those sticking with older browsers.
The move is part of a trend to stop the use of ageing browsers which can be insecure and not sophisticated enough to handle the latest web technologies.
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Statistics on browser versions gathered by StatCounter suggest about 17% need to change in the light of Google's decision.
Google made its announcement in a blogpost saying its engineers were keen to make use of the latest capabilities in browsers, and that required support for HTML5 technology.
As a result, from 1 August, Google will only support what it calls 'modern browsers'. By this it means the latest versions and major prior releases of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari."
Saturday, June 4, 2011
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