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<p>What browsers does Blackboard Support?</p><p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><hr /> <div> <ul> <li><small><a style="font-family: Verdana" href="http://www.blackboard.com/docs/documentation.htm?DocID=173002en_US" target="_blank">Blackboard 7.3 - Instructor Manual</a></small> <li><small><a style="font-family: Verdana" href="http://www.blackboard.com/docs/documentation.htm?DocID=173003en_US" target="_blank">Blackboard 7.3 - Student Manual</a></small> <li><small><a style="font-family: Verdana" href="http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/online/usingbb/7.3_addons.cfm" target="_blank">Blackboard 7.3 - New Features</a></small></li> </ul> </div> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2">Listed below are the supported operating systems and browsers for use with the Blackboard Academic Suite. The Academic Suite is a Web-based application and other browsers and operating system may work well, however, the listed configurations are the only configurations that are tested and supported by Blackboard.</font></p> <p><strong><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2">Notes:  </font></strong></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2">All configurations marked as Compatible and have undergone a limited engineering analysis to test areas of the Blackboard Academic Suite that may have browser issues. </font></p> </blockquote> <div align="center"> <table class="confluenceTable" style="margin-left: auto; width: 90%; margin-right: auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <th class="confluenceTh" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial"><font size="2">Term </font></font></th> <th class="confluenceTh" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font size="2">Definition </font></th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font size="2">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="2">fully tested and supported </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font size="2">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="2">key application areas tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font size="2">Not tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="2">specified Browser is not supported for the Operating System </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font size="2">Provisional </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="2">will test on Beta versions of new platforms and browsers. Certification is dependent on release by 3rd parties. </font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2"><br class="" /> <strong>Microsoft® Internet Explorer® Web Browsers </strong></font> <div align="center"> <table class="confluenceTable" style="margin-left: auto; width: 90%; margin-right: auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial"><strong><font size="1"> </font></strong></font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows 2000 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows XP </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows Vista Desktop </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.3 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.4 </font></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Internet Explorer 5.2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Internet Explorer 5.5 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Internet Explorer 6 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Internet Explorer 7 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified</font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2"><br class="" /> <strong>Mozilla® Firefox and Netscape® Navigator Web Browsers </strong></font> <div align="center"> <table class="confluenceTable" style="margin-left: auto; width: 90%; margin-right: auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial"><strong><font size="1"> </font></strong></font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows 2000 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows XP </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows Vista Desktop </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.3 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.4 </font></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Netscape 7.1 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Netscape 8.0 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Provisional </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Firefox 1.0 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Firefox 1.5 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Firefox 2.0 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Provisional </font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial" size="2"><br class="" /> <strong>Apple® Safari® Web Browsers </strong></font> <div align="center"> <table class="confluenceTable" style="margin-left: auto; width: 90%; margin-right: auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><font face="Verdana, helvetica, arial"><strong><font size="1"> </font></strong></font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows 2000 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows XP </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Windows Vista Desktop </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.3 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><strong><font size="1">Mac OS 10.4 </font></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Safari 1 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Safari 1.1 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Compatible </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Safari 1.2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"> <td class="confluenceTd" style="background-color: rgb(204,204,204)"><strong><font size="1">Safari 2 </font></strong></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Not Tested </font></td> <td class="confluenceTd"><font size="1">Certified</font></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> </span></p><h3>Alternate Questions/Keywords</h3><p></p><br><br><br><br><a target='_new' href='http://www.parature.com' style='font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;color:999999;'>Help Desk and Customer Support Software by Parature</a>