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Internet Explorer Web BrowserIE 7 and Google Maps :: A Quick Fix
Posted on :: Aug 3
I was fixing a Google Map at my job, when it was reported by one of our Clients, that the Google Map was 'Broken'. The client reported that the map was only half-displaying.
I opened up Safari, Firefox and Chrome and everything seemed to work fine. That’s when I realized I forgot to test the site in IE.
Internet Explorer 9
Posted on :: Jun 7
Microsoft today announced further details of their forthcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser, along with the first platform preview for developers, at their MIX Conference 2010.
Amongst the announcements comes increased support for CSS3, with support promised for CSS3 Selectors, Namespaces, Colors, Values, Backgrounds & Borders and Fonts, along with increased support for HTML5 and improvements in JavaScript performance.Flash, PDF zero-day attacks
Posted on :: Jun 7
Adobe issued an alert late Friday night to warn about zero-day attacks against an unpatched vulnerability in its Reader and Flash Player software products.
The vulnerability, described as critical, affects Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems. It also affects the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems, Adobe said.
Finally, the End for IE 6
Posted on :: Jun 3
The most recent data from analytics firm StatCounter indicates that Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft’s outdated but resilient Web browser, may finally be on the way out.
Should We dump Internet Explorer?
Posted on :: Jan 21
A question that’s been hitting my desk as well as the tech-support phone call, over the past few days:
Given all the negative press surrounding Internet Explorer lately, and some governments telling its citizens to stop using the browser, should I stop using Internet Explorer?
The 4C’s of Web Failure
Posted on :: Dec 8
Website design and development are highly technical fields. But even the most seasoned professionals can sometimes completely miss the mark, creating sites that fail to fulfill their value-generating promise. And, more often than not, this failure is caused by a lack of low-tech strategic thinking and analysis.
In a rush to launch sites, we can forget to examine four foundational topics: culture, customers, cost, and complexity. When poorly managed, any one of these can become the root cause of Web failure.
In this two-part series, we will examine the 4 C’s of Web failure and how to avoid them to improve your chances of seeing a positive return on your Web development investments.Should Designers & Developers be held liable for Internet Explorer Design Bugs?
Posted on :: Nov 23
This is a question I'm posing to the wild Development Community becasue it seems more and more prevelant that Designers and Developers alike are being held accountable for Bugs and lack-of-interoperability especially when designing an developing Websites that are Standards-Compliant and are 'Web 2.0' compatible.
Internet Explorer, and its inefficient JS engine, is off in its own little world and forces web developers, designers, and programmers to make special exceptions when it comes to CSS and JS. Although its improved a little with the advent of its latest 8 version IE is slowly falling behind and yet people continue to use it because it comes with Windows...Designing Your Site for IE & Firefox
Posted on :: Nov 20
Hiding Styles from IE 6
It's actually really easy to hide styles from IE 6 but make them visible to standards compliant browsers. Use child selectors.
In one design I built, I created a two column layout that required margins and padding. This meant that I was hitting the box model differences when I viewed the page in IE 6. My first CSS style sheet for Firefox included a line like this:
div#nav { width: 150px; margin-left: 20px; }
This made the page line up perfectly in Firefox and Safari, but in IE the nav column was pushed over to the right too far.
So, I converted the line to use child selectors. The #nav div is a child of the body tag, so I changed the line to read:
body > div#nav { width: 150px; margin-left: 20px; }
Of course, doing this made the #nav div lose all it's properties in IE, so I needed to add in some IE styles to get IE 6 looking okay. I added this line to the CSS:
#nav { width: 150px; margin-left: 10px; }
The placement of this line of CSS is important if my page is still to look good in Firefox and Safari. The IE line needs to come first. Firefox and Safari will read that line and then it will be over-ridden by the body > div#nav selector lower in the document. IE 6 will read the first line and set the styles. It will then ignore the child selector, as it doesn't recognize them. When IE 7 comes along, it will act like Firefox and Safari.
By designing for a standards-compliant browser first, and then modifying your CSS to support IE's quirks, you spend a lot less time fiddling with the design and a lot more time actually designing.
Internet Explorer Cache issue
Posted on :: Nov 20
There is some sever trouble in IE caching system (IE 7 & 8) on Windows XP and Vista.
There is a small fix to solve it, just put .htaccess into folder with player and put next text to .htaccess:<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "now"
</IfModule>Browser Labs
Posted on :: Nov 18
A wonderful co-worker had intriduced me to this excellent tool online for assisting me in assuring that a site we're building renders properly in Internet Explorer, It's called BrowserLab.
BrowserLab provides web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browsers and operating systems, on demand. BrowserLab is a powerful solution for cross-browser compatibility testing, featuring multiple viewing and comparison tools, as well as customizable preferences. Since BrowserLab is an online service, it can be accessed from virtually any computer connected to the web.
IE 8 Need to knows...
Posted on :: Nov 9
Reports on IE8 Bugs, CSS 2 and CSS3 Display issues, IE7 Compatibility Mode and how to render your pages like IE7
Setting Form EncType Dynamically in Internet Explorer
Posted on :: Oct 9
In FireFox, you can dynamically set the EncType of a form element to be "multipart/form-data" for file uploads; however, this does not work in Internet Explorer (IE). Apparently in IE, you have to set the "encoding" of the form rather than the "enctype". The good news is, you can set both values without concern and this will take care of the problem:
Is IE8 really fat and slow?
Posted on :: May 1
Since IE8 shipped last week, I’ve been following reviews and user feedback closely. A lot of the reactions to Microsoft’s new browser come down to personal preference: Some people like the usability-oriented tweaks Microsoft made, others think the browser is too busy or cluttered. It’s hard to argue with opinions.
But two criticisms have come up repeatedly that can be measured empirically, so I thought I would do that here. One is the burning question of whether IE8 is faster or slower than its competitors; the other is whether it makes reasonable use of system resources. In this post, I explain why some people are seeing performance issues (and share an obscure system tweak that might just cure IE8 performance and stability problems). I also take a closer look at why some browsers use more memory than others.
Browser wars? The enterprise still loves IE6
Posted on :: May 1
This news may come as a shocker to the tech savvy folks in the house, but 60 percent of companies use Internet Explorer 6 as their default browser, according to Forrester Research. Meanwhile, your IT department spends a decent amount of time erecting barriers to prevent browser upgrades. Bottom line: Companies need a browser policy or they will risk productivity losses.
IE 8: Is your site compatible?
Posted on :: Jan 13
Internet Explorer 8's release to manufacturing in March looking like a distinct possibility, are Web site developers and owners really ready for Microsoft's next browser? Thousands of sites still aren't compatible with IE 8 -- including Microsoft.com.