Browser Compatibility
Blackboard™ Learn Release 9.1 SP6 (9.1.60230.0) are tested with a variety of technologies.
Key: ★ = Fully Tested & Supported | ☆ = Key Applications Tested
| Windows | Mac | ||||||
| 32-bit | 64-bit | ||||||
| Browser | XP | Vista | 7 | Vista | 7 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| Internet Explorer 8 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | — | — |
| Internet Explorer 9 | — | ★ | ★ | ☆ | ☆ | — | — |
| Firefox 3.6 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
| Firefox 4 | ☆ | ★ | ★ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ★ |
| Firefox 5 | ☆ | ★ | ★ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ★ |
| Safari 4.0 | — | — | — | — | — | ☆ | ☆ |
| Safari 5.0 | — | — | — | — | — | ☆ | ★ |
| Chrome | ☆ | ☆ | ★ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ★ |
- Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS for Windows 11 and 12 were used during accessibility testing.
- Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 6. The JRE can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
- The following technologies are not supported:
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- Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7
- Firefox 1.x, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5
- Safari 2.0, 3.x (or any version on Windows)
- Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
- Java 5
- Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).
- Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have moved to a rapid release cycle. At the time of testing, Chrome 10.0 and Firefox 4.0 were the latest available versions. Since then, new stable versions have been released and widely adopted. Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.