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Summary
Browsers that are supported for use with the RPM application.
Full Support
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) 3 and higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx) 6, 7, 8, 9
Apple Safari (http://www.apple.com/safari/) 5 and higher, iPhone (http://www.apple.com/iphone/), iPad (http://www.apple.com/ipad/)
Google Chrome (http://gears.google.com/chrome/?hl=en) and Chrome Frame (http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/)
Opera Desktop (http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/) 11
Not supported, but should work
We don't test these browsers, but they should work. We don't officially support them, but could relatively easily if there was demand.
- Desktop browsers not listed above using Gecko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29) 1.8.1 and up, Trident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_%28layout_engine%29) 7 and up, WebKit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit) 523 and up, KHTML (http://konqueror.kde.org/features/browser.php) 412.
- Modern mobile WebKit-based browsers for Android and webOS (including Dolphin (https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser))
- Apple Safari 3, 4
- Opera Desktop 9, 10
- Mozilla Firefox 2
- BlackBerry PlayBook browser
- Mozilla Firefox for mobile (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/)
- Internet Explorer Mobile 9
Not supported
- Skyfire (http://www.skyfire.com/)
- Internet Explorer 5 and earlier, Internet Explorer for UNIX, Internet Explorer Macintosh, MSN Explorer, IE Mobile
- Mozilla Firefox 1, Netscape Browser 8, Galeon, and other early Gecko-based browsers. Netscape Navigator/Communicator 7 and earlier.
- BlackBerry Browser, NetFront (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetFront), simple or older mobile browsers
- Opera Desktop 8 and earlier, Opera for devices (including Nintendo DS and Wii), Opera Mini, Opera Mobile
- Safari 2 and other browsers using WebKit 4xx (http://developer.apple.com/internet/safari/uamatrix.html) builds and earlier. Konqueror 3.4 and earlier.
- iCab 3 and earlier, Lobo (http://www.lobobrowser.org/java-browser.jsp), Amaya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaya_%28web_browser%29), Swift (http://try.swift.ws/), Tkhtml (http://tkhtml.tcl.tk/index.html), NetSurf (http://www.netsurf-browser.org/), Aros browser (Traveller), Sputnik, ABrowse, Dillo, IBrowse, AWeb, Voyager, ViolaWWW, Mosaic, HotJava, SlipKnot, and NetPositive
- Any AOL before AOL Explorer
- Any text-based browser like Lynx, Links, and ELinks
FAQ
Why not more support?
There is a lot of variety (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers) when it comes to Internet browser software. The differences in the way these applications interpret and render websites become more important when advanced functionality is used, as with RPM.
- RPM makes heavy use of the XHTML doctype, CSS, and JavaScript
- In order for us to support a browser we have to have a test environment setup for it. This requires hardware and software resources as well as testing time. If a browser has differences it may require development time for compatibility.
How long will RPM keep Internet Explorer 6 support?
- We are planning on removing support for IE6 in RPM 7.3 in early 2012
Browser usage stats
Public browser usage:
- Top 8 Browser Versions in the US for 2009 (http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-US-monthly-200901-200912) and 2010 (http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-US-monthly-201001-201012) StatCounter
- Browser Statistics (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp) (W3 Schools)
- Usage share of web browsers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers) (Wikipedia)
History
- Version 1: RPM is launched with support for Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.
- Jupiter: IE7 support added.
- Europa: Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, and others added. IE5.5 dropped.
- Pioneer: IE8 support added through "use IE7" tag.
- Judge: Opera Mini and IE8 standards mode added. Google Analytics added to RPM app.
- Push Play: Nicer formatting on the iPhone
- Pennypacker: Nicer formatting on the iPhone and iPad
- 6.8: IE9 support
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