From bowser at MIT.EDU Fri Aug 29 12:18:32 2008 From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:18:32 -0400 Subject: [edtech] IS&T recommendation on Firefox 3 Message-ID: Good afternoon: Firefox 3 was released to the general public on June 17, 2008. Since then, Information Services & Technology (IS&T), in concert with business process owners and website maintainers across the Institute, tested web sites and services vital to the MIT community to ensure that functionality and accessibility have not been compromised or changed with the latest version. The few issues found during testing have been reported and documented; possible workarounds are under review and will be available when a fix is applied to those few sites. In the meantime, IS&T advises users who depend on DHL for departmental shipping to stay with Firefox 2.0.0.16 (Mac/Win) until a fix has been implemented. Users who are using version Firefox 2.0.0.16 are now being prompted that the Firefox 3.0.1 update is available. In addition to several security and stability enhancements, Firefox 3.0.1 has several new features including a smart location bar that lets you find favorite sites in just seconds. For additional information on new features and to read the release notes, see the Firefox at MIT page: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?name=firefox. To find information on which sites were tested as well as any noted issues, refer to the browser test matrix: http://web.mit.edu/swrt/browsers/matrix.html. The Web Browsers at MIT page has the latest listing of supported web Browsers and is available at: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/browsers/. Regards, Deb Bowser Team Leader - Software Release Team Client Support Services Information Services and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology N42-250K Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-3879 bowser at mit.edu ____________________ Important: IS&T staff will *NEVER* ask you for your password, nor will MIT send you email requesting your password information. Please continue to ignore any email messages that claim to require you to provide such information.