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Goodbye Internet Explorer!

by Bill Harrison on 2019-08-27T12:51:00-04:00 | 2 Comments

Falcon Online Drops Support for Internet Explorer

In the August 2019 update, Falcon Online started the process to bring Internet Explorer to End of Life (EOL). 

This will happen in phases between August 2019 and January 2020 as described below. All support will be dropped by January 2020. Anyone using Internet Explorer is encouraged to move to one of the supported browsers listed on the Browser Support page.

August 2019

  • Beginning August 2019, anyone using any version of Internet Explorer that accesses the System Checker will see a warning that support for Internet Explorer is ending and that they should download a different browser as in the screenshot below.

    Internet Explorer warning on the Falcon Online System Check
     
  • The retro browser pop-up dialog box will appear when users access Falcon Online using any version of Internet Explorer warning them to upgrade to a different browser.

    Internet Explorer retro warning prompting users to download another browser.
     

October 2019

Beginning October 2019, anyone accessing Falcon Online using any version of Internet Explorer will see a warning banner to upgrade their browser displayed above the navigation bar on every page within Falcon Online as in the screenshot below.

Internet Explorer warning banner

January 2020

  • Beginning January 2020, anyone accessing Falcon Online using any version of Internet Explorer will be blocked. Users attempting to access Falcon Online with Internet Explorer will see an unsupported browser page and will not be able to proceed. See screenshot of the unsupported browser page below.

Internet Explorer Warning

Goodbye Internet Explorer and good riddance!

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Mitch Mentor 2019-08-27T13:17:39-04:00

So, will students receive an email with this info or is it something that we should pass along to them?

Thanks for the info!

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Bill Harrison 2019-08-27T15:45:20-04:00

Hey Mitch,

Please pass the link to this post on the the students. We will also post the link in the announcements area of the My Home page in Falcon Online. I don't think this will be a huge impact as we don't see too many hits in the system of people using Internet Explore.

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