List of Blackboard-Compatible Internet Browsers
Certified: fully tested and supported.
Compatible: partially tested but should function properly.
Unsupported: either impossible or not tested.
Provisional:(Client Technologies ONLY) future technologies considered supported by Blackboard Support.
Client Technology:
Windows Operating System
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IE 10 |
IE 9 |
IE 8 |
IE 7 |
Firefox |
Firefox |
Firefox 3.6 |
Chrome |
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Windows XP (32-bit)* |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
|
Windows 7 (32-bit) |
Provisional |
Certified |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
|
Windows 7 (64-bit) |
Provisional |
Certified |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
|
Windows 8 (32-bit) |
Compatible |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
|
Windows 8 (64-bit) |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Mac OSX Operating System
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|
Safari 6.0.1 |
Safari 5.1 |
Safari 5.0 |
Safari 4.0 |
Firefox |
Firefox |
Firefox 3.6 |
Chrome |
|
Mac OSX 10.6 |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
|
Mac OSX 10.7 |
Certified (10.7.5) |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
|
Mac OSX 10.8 |
Certified (10.8.2) |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Certified |
Unsupported |
Certified |
Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are only supported in Standards Mode.
- Chrome support: due to the auto-update feature of Chrome, support is based on the version available at the time of testing - release docs will note version tested.
- Firefox support: due to the auto-update feature of Firefox, support is based on the version available at the time of testing - release docs to note version tested.
Technologies not supported:
- Internet Explorer 6, 7
- Firefox 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5
- Safari 2.0, 3.x (or any version on Windows
- Windows XP 64-bit (unlisted)
- Mac OS X 10.3, OS X 10.4, OS X 10.5
- JRE 5 though is may continue to work
JRE Support
Blackboard Learn supports the latest version of Sun JRE 7. JRE 6 will continue to work with SP10. The JRE can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Windows System Administrators who want to provide auto-download for users can find the .cab file link for the appropriate JRE at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/autodownload-140472.html.