Found out something interesting from my wife. Apparently in each college she has recently attended, it has been recommended that students avoid using Vista. Not just with select applications – I am talking completely. Yet with further research, I found that many schools are fine with it, just as long as students understand that support is only one page. Here is one such example.

The above linked page appears to be dated as of 2007, yet I know for a fact that most schools are wary of Vista due to its ongoing headaches with BlackBoard. Other universities still, are more patient and have provided a quick fix to the BlackBoard problem when using Vista – use FireFox. Yes, you could use IE, however as you can see here with the two possible solutions, installing the browser looks to be much less of a pain than following the myriad of instructions when a simpler alternative is available.

So what is the state of software compatibility on Vista now? Can’t really speak to that myself, however I do know that if you want to use BlackBoard, you might be better off thinking of using an alternative browser.