ShyWriter Posted September 15, 2012 ID:597644 Share Posted September 15, 2012 . Google to drop support for IE8 on Nov. 15 Significant impact on Windows XP, which cannot run newer IE9 or the upcoming IE10By Gregg KeizerSeptember 15, 2012 02:58 PM ETFriday blog. "After this date, users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser."Because IE8 is the newest Microsoft browser that runs on Windows XP, and because Google had previously abandoned IE7 and IE6 -- the other versions that run on XP -- the move significantly impacts Windows XP users locked into Internet Explorer by corporate or organization policies.Neither IE9, which Microsoft launched in March 2011, or IE10, which will debut alongside Windows 8 in late October, runs on Windows XP.After Nov. 15, users running IE8 may have trouble with some features in Google Apps. And if past practice is any clue, other sites and services, including Gmail and Google Calendar, may also be affected. At some point, those apps may stop working entirely in IE8.This wasn't the first time that Google has warned users to upgrade to a newer browser. In July 2011, the company said it would dump IE7 from its list of supported browsers; in January 2010, it announced it would no longer support IE6, Microsoft's 2001 browser.Google's policy is to support only the current version of a browser, and its immediate predecessor.Giving up on IE8, however, is markedly different than dumping IE7.Last year, when Google said it would stop supporting IE7, that edition accounted for just 7% of all browsers used worldwide, according to Web analytics firm Net Applications.IE8, on the other hand, was the most widely-used browser edition in the world last month, with a usage share of 25%. Of those who ran one version or another of IE, nearly half, or 47%, ran IE8 in August.Windows XP faces its own end-of-life cutoff; Microsoft will serve users with that operating system's final security update in April 2014. But like IE8, Windows XP remains a major presence. Last month, Net Applications measured XP's global usage share at 42.5%, just behind the three-year-old Windows 7's 42.8%.Google is the first major online software maker to drop 2009's IE8 from a support list. Microsoft, for instance, has committed to supporting IE8 on Windows 7 until 2020.IE8 users, particularly those running Windows XP, can switch to another browser, including the most recent versions of Mozilla's Firefox, Google's own Chrome or Opera Software's Opera, to run Google Apps.The end-of-support plan for Google Apps will not disrupt access to its search site using older browsers.SOURCE: http://www.computerw...IE8_on_Nov._15_ Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted September 15, 2012 Root Admin ID:597661 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Wow... makes you sure think of a conspiracy between them and MicrosoftWindows 7 has certainly gained quite a bit in numbers but there are still a LOT of businesses using Windows XP Pro oh... well what you gonna do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 18, 2012 ID:598598 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Intresting move indeed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 18, 2012 ID:598645 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Hrrmmm...I don't use Google Apps though, so it doesn't affect me. Also, I only use IE once in a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted September 18, 2012 ID:598650 Share Posted September 18, 2012 It is an artificial way for Google to increase the percentage of Chrome users as compared to other browsers in the so-called "Browser Wars" for browser dominance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 18, 2012 ID:598667 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't use IE ether so it doesn't affect my usage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 19, 2012 ID:599055 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It is an artificial way for Google to increase the percentage of Chrome users as compared to other browsers in the so-called "Browser Wars" for browser dominance.Ugh. What a turn off... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyWriter Posted September 20, 2012 Author ID:599119 Share Posted September 20, 2012 It's not that big of a deal; there are MANY alternate Browsers that will run on WinXP and access GOOGLE's "products"...You did notice that GOOGLE *SEARCH* will still work with IE8.. No way GOOGLE wants to lose any of that "ad" revenue.. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted September 23, 2012 ID:600093 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You did notice that GOOGLE *SEARCH* will still work with IE8.. No way GOOGLE wants to lose any of that "ad" revenue.. SteveYes, I did. And of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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