Maintaining a good web-based service is difficult when we are talking about the technology of browsers. The problem hardly exists here because readers are mostly understood the technology, who keep their software updated. With Google the rabbit hole goes. This week, the company announced a policy to support browser versions.
From August 1, Google dropped support for Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3 (Opera was not mentioned in the press) as well as earlier versions of these applications. The company's intention is to support the most current version of browsers, as well as the second major release later. From the third major release version (in reverse chronological order), there is no guarantee that the resources of the services will work.
This decision by Google comes in handy. As the Web matures as a platform for development of complete technology solutions, companies that operate in this market need to define how the old software will be supported. Other Web giants such as Microsoft and Yahoo, should do the same.
Google cites the notifications in the desktop Gmail and drag-and-drop capabilities to Google Docs that depend on most modern browsers. They want to keep innovating, but it is not possible if not take advantage of HTML5 and technologies that only modern browsers support them.
Among the services whose features may not work right if you do not pay attention to the version of the browser are: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar (Google Calendar, the English name), Google Talk and Google Sites. "Eventually these apps will stop working completely. "
It should be remembered that Internet Explorer is at version 9, free download. Unless you use Windows XP, there is no reason to stop updating it.
