Microsoft Windows 7 will be considered Provisional immediately upon release on October 22nd
Supported Web Browsers
Blackboard is committed to supporting the two most recent versions of client software for each major release of Blackboard Learn™ when possible. These levels of support may change depending on contractual obligations or lack of support from vendors. The following tables list the supported operating systems and browsers for use with Blackboard Learn Release 9.
Key to Support Status
Term
Definition
Certified
fully tested and supported.
Compatible
key application areas tested.
Provisional
future technologies considered supported by Blackboard Support.
Not Supported
specified Browser is not supported for the Operating System.
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® Web Browsers
Browser
Windows XP
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
Mac OS 10.3
Mac OS 10.4
Mac OS 10.5
Internet Explorer 8 (Standards Mode Only)
Compatible
Certified
Compatible
Provisional
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Internet Explorer 7
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Not supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Mozilla® Firefox® Web Browsers
Browser
Windows XP
Windows Vista 32-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
Mac OS 10.3
Mac OS 10.4
Mac OS 10.5
Mac OS 10.6
Firefox 3.5.x(1)
Provisional
Provisional
Provisional
Provisional
Not Supported
Provisional
Provisional
Provisional
Firefox 3.0.x(2)
Certified
Certified
Compatible
Not Supported
Not Supported
Compatible
Certified
Not Supported
Firefox 2.0.x(3)
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Firefox 1.5.x(3)
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 was not released with adequate time to test against this release. Therefore, it is considered Provisional in Service Pack 1.
Firefox 3.0.3 or later is required to use the Learning Environment Connector.
Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 are not supported for Blackboard Learn. It is recommended that Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 users upgrade to Firefox 3.0 to access the latest security patches and Mozilla support.
Apple® Safari® Web Browsers
Browser
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Mac OS 10.3
Mac OS 10.4
Mac OS 10.5
Mac OS 10.6
Safari 4
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Compatible
Compatible
Provisional
Safari 3
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Certified
Certfied
Not Supported
Safari 2
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Not Supported
Compatible
Compatible
Not Supported
Sun™ Java™ Virtual Machine
For all operating systems, the supported version is Java Standard Edition 5 (1.5.0_12) and later. As of the release of Service Pack 1 the Java SE 6 runtime environment is also supported.
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