Using Google Apps and Cloud Technology to Increase Business Effectiveness | Indianapolis Computer System Works

Google Apps™ is trying to roll out new and better features and part of that process includes using the newly approved HTML 5 spec. What this means to you is that your old web browser may or may not support these features. Google™ will be adding a notification to your accounts if you need to make a change to use the service properly.

If your using Firefox, Google Chrome™ or Safari you shouldn’t have any issues. If your using Internet Explorer it may ask you to update to the latest version with more security features and capabilities for handling the best and newest web apps out there!

Here is the communication I received:

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 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.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

The Google Apps™ team