Make IE 5,6 & 7 behave!!

Submitted by Mintsauce on Sun, 2008-02-10 12:42.

Miscellaneous

IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.

JS Code from Google.

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Thanks for the link! I

Submitted by natobasso on Sun, 2008-02-10 15:48.

Thanks for the link!

I wonder if someone can just jettison all IE browsers so we can just use Firefox? :)

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I want...

Submitted by Mintsauce on Sun, 2008-02-10 18:40.

During my rain I will lobby for Internet Explorer to be banned internationally. Oh, and world peace of course.

I think you'll get world

Submitted by natobasso on Sun, 2008-02-10 22:36.

I think you'll get world peace before IE dies. :)

Oh, have you heard of 'Multiple IEs'? Download it and you can have IE 3-7 on your computer at once! Great for browser testing (PC only)

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Firefox has issues as well that could be addressed

Submitted by Duluoz on Mon, 2008-02-11 15:28.

Bringing IE into (recommended) compliance is a great thing. I would also like to see Dean Edwards or another brave soul work on a script library for Firefox to bring it into further compliance as well. Lets try and remember that there is only one browser currently in compliance that meets all current recommendations, and thats Opera. Lets put the praise where it belongs and lets keep pushing for further compliance among all browsers for the sake of accessibility and a uniform, fully functional, user experiences. :)

I'll have to try Opera. Do

Submitted by natobasso on Mon, 2008-02-11 15:58.

I'll have to try Opera. Do you test your websites with it?

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Oh Yes

Submitted by Duluoz on Mon, 2008-02-11 16:13.

I do all my development in Opera because I know it uses a correct box model (passes Acid2), etc, first. Then all thats left are hacks to address issues in IE and Firefox and Safari, etc. Makes it much easier and you'll notice the issues each browser has like sore thumbs.

Do you use * hacks for IE?

Submitted by natobasso on Mon, 2008-02-11 17:38.

Do you use * hacks for IE? Tell me more...

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Hacks

Submitted by Duluoz on Mon, 2008-02-11 18:09.

I use * to target IE7x and _ to target IE 6x and below.
Example: .foo { padding: 5px; _padding: 3px /*IE6*/; *padding: 10px /*IE7+*/ }
Everything gets a padding of 5px. IE6 and below get 3px. And IE7 gets 10px.
Very rarely do I ever need to employ the use of hacks though as you will learn become less necessary as you develop.

Yep, I find the more

Submitted by natobasso on Mon, 2008-02-11 19:02.

Yep, I find the more explicit the code the less can go wrong by chance. :)

Do you use Multiple IE?

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No

Submitted by Duluoz on Mon, 2008-02-11 23:42.

No - I like to use Virtual PC. This allows me to test under Windows and Ubuntu (Linux) without touching my host OS.

Great stuff...

Submitted by plugz on Mon, 2008-02-11 01:57.

Now if only Microsoft would do the same.

You know, I almost typed

Submitted by plugz on Mon, 2008-02-11 01:57.

You know, I almost typed that with a straight face.

Thanks

Submitted by phalkunz on Wed, 2008-02-20 00:07.

Thanks a ton

Script Testing

Submitted by andrej on Sat, 2008-02-23 18:41.

Has anyone done some serious testing of the script? I have heard over at stylizedweb.com that there are some problems with ie6 in XP. Loading times are quite long and sometimes the whole thing just freezes...

Anyone suggestions?

If you mean javascript I've

Submitted by natobasso on Mon, 2008-02-25 19:08.

If you mean javascript I've seen IE6 work great with a drop down menu script so I'm not sure scripts are a problem in it.

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The Dean Edward IE7 Script

Submitted by andrej on Mon, 2008-02-25 19:35.

Oh, I guess there was a misunderstanding, natobasso.

I meant, if anyone tested the IE7 script by Dean Edwards overall, which the original post was about. What I would like to know, whether one can employ without risc? Is it bug-free (more or less) and what about performance?

I had some display issues when applying it and testing it in IE6 on XP and, as I said, have heard about screens freezing and slow loading times.

Thanks again