I don’t know how I missed this for more than a year (it was published in September 2008). Sure, some points are debatable — in this era of pervasive broadband, is it really necessary to keep page load under 50k? — but by and large this comprehensive list lives up to its hype. If nothing else, I bet you look at it and find a dozen or more items that make you say, “hmmm, I better go back and double-check that one.”

Google sent the following email to Google Apps administrators yesterday. Bottom line: If you’re using Internet Explorer 6.0, Google says it’s time to upgrade.

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ​as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010.  After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser.  We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.

In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience.  We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

The Google Apps team

Andrew Sullivan points us to this Amazon product page for one gallon of Tuscan whole milk. It makes for fascinating reading, as the New York Times pointed out back in 2006.

Today the page contains more than 1,100 reviews — and while Amazon doesn’t carry the item anymore, it remains available from six other sellers for prices ranging from $69.99 to $2,500 (plus $4.49 shipping).