This actually makes sense - On-Site Technical Solutions customers using Google Apps are more up-to-date in their browsing environments than others. The only customers we have that don't stay relatively current in browser software are those using applications software that only supports older browsers. And we've managed to get most of those customers to better software vendors for their business applications.
Google is not communicating this directly to our customers, they're letting us - which we appreciate.
Here's the text of their notice to us - which, again, is a perfectly sound business decision.
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 next 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.You should follow me on Twitter here. Call or text me at 1-949-212-2168 and visit On-Site Technical Solutions.
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