Go to YouTube (using one of the browsers I mentioned) and you'll see this:
Didn't waste time did they.
Didn't waste time did they.
YouTube ditching support for IE7 and Firefox 3.0
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Well 3.5 is much better than 3.0.
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^ I've noticed little if any difference, really.
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Shhhhh ... shut up!
Me neither. Firefox 3.0.11. No message like that.
Or is this something you'd only see if you logged in with an account?
It's not about what the new browsers can do that the old ones can't, it's about how much money companies should invest in order to ensure that their sites work with obsolete versions of software -- especially when upgrades are freely available.
Very few companies are willing to exclude a percentage of their audience in order to force an upgrade. As a result, they develop and maintain separate codebases that do the exact same things. It's expensive and time consuming.
What about Safari? 
Oh, believe me, I know all about how annoying it can be to support multiple browsers, but older firefox and IE7 aren't going to break unless you do something to break them. I guess I'm just surprised they'd come out and say upgrade your stuff before anything even goes wrong
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What about Safari?
Safari behaves like IE on Mac OSX. At least any time I've used Safari on an "IE only" site or a page that only accepts IE for private networking, it works flawlessly.
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What about Safari?
Safari behaves like IE on Mac OSX. At least any time I've used Safari on an "IE only" site or a page that only accepts IE for private networking, it works flawlessly.
J.
If this is true... and to be honest, I have a hard time believing it... then it's most likely that they're ditching Flash and going for the embedded video and other additions as per the HTML5 standard. This is supported in the browsers mentioned in the OP as well as the current version of Safari.
Has IE8 actually become as stable product though? I admit to never really have used it but some of the comments on line (specially as Windows 7 has gone through Beta and RC have been less than flattering about it).
And frankly if youtube are going this way they're fucking stupid.
And frankly if youtube are going this way they're fucking stupid.
I've noticed some reduced stability (crashes), so I'm expecting a 3.6 sometime soon.
I'm running version 7.0.5730.11 of IE.
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What about Safari?
Safari behaves like IE on Mac OSX. At least any time I've used Safari on an "IE only" site or a page that only accepts IE for private networking, it works flawlessly.
J.
If this is true... and to be honest, I have a hard time believing it... then it's most likely that they're ditching Flash and going for the embedded video and other additions as per the HTML5 standard. This is supported in the browsers mentioned in the OP as well as the current version of Safari.
Well, I should stipulate that it's working for me like IE.
I visit a few "IE Only" pages, and Safari is recognized as IE.
I'm hoping if so, it happens quickly. I do too much with this browser that depends upon stability.
J.
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