The move will affect browsers like Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), Apple’s Safari 3 and Google’s Chrome 9, which are unable to support new technologies.
In the company blog, head of Google’s enterprise engineering team Venkat Panchapakesan stated, "Beginning August 1, we'll support the current and prior major release of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis."
"Each time a new version is released, we'll begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version."