OT: IE expertise anybody?

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- Robert Baer
  
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11 years ago

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 3:00 AM

I have a website that works as intended for all browsers except IE, (so what is new concerning IE) and every version from IE5 thru IE9 "work" differently. Worse, for at least one version of IE, the rendering is different if all files are on local HD VS on the net. What kind of javascript magic (coupled with conditional CSS?) is needed to get at least IE9 and IE8 to behave (hopefully IE7 and IE6 as well, to act better)?

Oh BTW, what is that crap (in IE) about temporary downloading of fonts? How the hell can one discover which ones are "needed" so that they could be either avoided or "pushed" so as to eliminate the pesky message box?

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- Tim Williams
  
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11 years ago

Wed, Jul 11, 2012 3:37 AM

Option 1:

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Option 2: Suck it up and deal with it. It won't look exactly as intended, but it saves you the trouble of dicking around with a browser that should behave.

Option 3: Find the correct version (DTD, etc.) that puts IE into Compatibility or Standards mode. Hopefully it should do things closer to spec.

Option 4: Actually add all the crap that forces it to behave. You're in the wrong place, but there are many resources on the internet for solving this problem (i.e... JFGI). You will find no universal solution, as various attributes and entities have to be patched seperately.

Tim

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11 years ago

Thu, Jul 12, 2012 3:35 AM

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Interesting..but IE8 also diddles web pages; IE9 seems to behave.

Ain't me,'tiz those on the net using a randumb browser that they (mosty) will not change.

So if the code is written in HTML5, you suggest more $$ for a re-write?

This i figured out early in the game; some patching requires delays as well as re-ordering of code in scripts. Google has not exactly been that useful..