Google Apps To Pull Support For Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, And Safari 3

Last year, Google discontinued support for Docs and Sites for IE6. Today Google is making a pretty major move concerning support for older browsers, announcing that as of August 1, Google Apps will no longer support Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, Safari 3, and their predecessors. Google says that the applications included in the Apps Suite simply don't work with these outdated browsers and end up negatively affecting users' experience with the application. For example, desktop notifications for Gmail and drag-and-drop file upload in Google Docs require browsers that support HTML5. Google warns users that Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google Sites will eventually stop working entirely on these older browsers.

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