Browsers - Cambridge University Press

Some notes about web browsers

This website has been designed to work properly on modern graphical web browsers, which generally means those released after 1999. It has also been designed to be as accessible as possible to those using non-graphical browsers.

The site may not display correctly on older browsers if they lack the necessary technological features. If this website looks bad then it is strongly recommended that you upgrade, if possible, to a more modern browser. Listed here for your convenience, in no particular order, are some that are known to work well with this site.

Mozilla Firefox 0.8 or above | free download
Netscape 7.1 or above | free download
Opera 7.5 or above | free trial download
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or above | free downloads for Windows 98 - XP | Mac OS X | Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x

In particular, the following once-popular browsers will not display this site correctly:

Netscape 4.8 and below
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 and below

If you are unable to upgrade then you will still have access to all the information here, but the visual experience will not be as intended. You will find this is increasingly the case with other websites.

JavaScript is unavailable on your browserJavaScript is unavailable or disabled on your browser. This means the following facilities are affected.

The Country sites drop-down menu is unavailable.

Solution: instead use the country sites link in the top right of the screen to select your country.

Quick search catalogue feature is unavailable.

Solution: use the main search page.

Double-click to look up a word in Cambridge Dictionaries Online will not work.

Solution: type or copy the word into the Cambridge Dictionaries Online search box to the left.

If you wish to turn on JavaScript and are unsure of how to do this, then please consult your browser's online help, or contact your system administrator.