Google Apps Ends Support For Internet Explorer 8 In November

16 Sep Google Apps Ends Support For Internet Explorer 8 In November

Google announced on Friday that its apps would no longer be supported on Internet Explorer 8 and under. The policy goes live on November 15. And that means for you IE8 users your browser will no longer be compatible with apps like Gmail or Google Calendar.

The guys at Google <a href=”http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/09/supporting-modern-browsers-internet.html”>offered this explanation</a>.
<blockquote>As we announced last year, we support the latest version of Google Chrome (which automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available) as well as the current and prior major release of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version of one of these browsers is released, we begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version.

Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, we will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012. After this date users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser.</blockquote>
This also means that if you still use Windows XP, which is not compatible with anything beyond IE8, you will likely be out of luck if you wish to continue to use Gmail on Internet Explorer.