Browser Policy

The IEEE supports a myriad of browsers, platforms and operating systems.



Supported Browsers
The following table illustrates the minimum browser versions supported on Windows and Apple computers by the IEEE.

Browser Windows Apple
Internet Explorer 5.5 No longer supported by Microsoft
Netscape 7.0 7.1
Opera 7.3 7.3
Safari * n/a 1.2 (upgrade only)
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 1.5

* - Safari comes bundled with Mac OS X.  Only the upgrade is downloadable.

Supported Platforms

Thorough testing of IEEE web pages is performed on the WinTel (Windows/Intel) platform.

Testing performed on Apple MacIntosh only provides for the pages to be readable and navigatable.  Web pages are not necessarily displayed the same on a Mac as they are on Windows.

 


Supported Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Microsoft XP
  • Win 2000
  • Win 98
  • Macintosh OS X
  • Macintosh OS 9 
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