Classmates using older Internet browsers may experience problems with some features of our class web site on or after March 1, 2010. Google has announced that as of that date they will no longer support browsers prior to IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0. This could affect the functioning of the YouTube videos that are part of our web site. Other services, such as this blog, may also be affected. The blog article immediately below this one explains why Google has chosen to take this action.
If you currently use any of the older browsers you can wait and see what the impact of this change will be. However, updating your browser now is the better option. If you don't know how to download and install one of the newer browsers its time to find a friend who can help you. Installing a new browser is not hard, but if you've never done it then it may be more than you want to try alone.
I currently have IE 8, Firefox 3.6, and Google Chrome 5.0 installed on my computer just to be sure each of these newer browsers work well on our class web site, and they all do. Becoming comfortable using any of these newer browsers will take a little time, but probably not as long as you tend to think before actually doing it.
