With the new release of Firefox 3 this week I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind everyone of our supported platforms per our client contracts. FF3 does not fall in this range. Neither does WIN Vista or MAC 10.5. Not yet. Please make sure you test all work per the guidelines below. Thanks.

Stratum supported Operating Systems & Web Browser combinations:

· MS WIN XP Professional, SP2 & MS Internet Explorer 7.x.

· MS WIN XP Professional, SP2 & MS Internet Explorer 6.x.

· MS WIN XP Professional, SP2 & Mozilla Firefox 2.x.

· MS WIN XP Professional, SP2 & Mozilla Firefox 1.x.

· MS WIN XP Professional, SP2 & AOL 9.x.

· MS WIN 2000 & MS Internet Explorer 6.x.

· MS WIN 2000 & Mozilla Firefox 1.x.

· Macintosh OS X 10.4 & Mozilla Firefox 2.x.

· Macintosh OS X 10.4 & Mozilla Firefox 1.x.

Our BlackBerry’s will be running push services from Windows Live Services as soon as this summer. See the Microsoft press release here.

Microsoft and RIM to Bring Windows Live Services to BlackBerry Smartphone Customers
Agreement will enhance the communications experience on BlackBerry smartphones through popular Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger services.

According to the Windows Vista Weblog, SP1 for Vista will be available for download on March 19.

The source says Amazon lists the retail version of Windows Vista SP1 being available on March 19.

The post also has Microsoft making the service pack available for download through the Windows Update install service on March 19.