moosepucky
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13639875
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.
nupreacher
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The only one I use is gmail and I use an email client for that.
That's not the point here, really, Stephen. Google, being as large and powerful as they are, sets the tone for a lot of things. Others are likely to follow Google's example, and you'll soon see many other web-based applications and sites no longer working correctly with outdated browsers.
moosepucky
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MS put IE 9 in the "important" updates list a few weeks ago. I "hid" the update notification for it so that I would not unintentionally install it.
WHS 2011 polls all of the client machines and keeps an eye on their update status. It said I had 1 important update on my workstation but none showed. Then I remembered IE 9. Once I installed it again the update notification was cleared so WHS 2011 even looks at hidden updates and will badger you until you run the update.
IE8 was pretty good. I actually found myself using it. IE9, and a couple others as well, seem all be moving in an incredibly counter-intuitive direction; They're redesigning the UIs to make use of screen real estate, shrinking the tool-bars, hiding buttons, and burying options. With the size of modern monitors, why is this helpful? It's just making all the tools and options I use constantly harder to find and use, and they wonder why so many people resist updating?
moosepucky
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Billy said:
IE8 was pretty good. I actually found myself using it. IE9, and a couple others as well, seem all be moving in an incredibly counter-intuitive direction; They're redesigning the UIs to make use of screen real estate, shrinking the tool-bars, hiding buttons, and burying options. With the size of modern monitors, why is this helpful? It's just making all the tools and options I use constantly harder to find and use, and they wonder why so many people resist updating?
My personal favorite was IE 6 as far as ease of customization and set up to use the minimal amount of browser real estate. I could get everything I needed on a single line. Ever since that release the minimum has been 2 lines.
I even went to using Maxthon for a long time as it had the same set up as IE 6 did (single line customizable).
Now I guess I just don't care as much as I can find much more to whine about besides how lame a browser is 
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