Archives for IE7
IE Double-Float CSS Bug
Has anyone seen this problem before and have any idea how to solve it? In firefox, the text wraps around both floats correctly. In IE6/7, the text only wraps around the second float.
Version Targeting and IE8 Followup
Hooray! The feedback from the web development community convinced the IE development team to change their minds about the default setting for version targeting in IE8 (as I discussed in a previous post). “In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting ‘Standards’ [...]
Version Targeting and IE8
Previously on Web Developer Controversies: Aaron Gustafson from the Internet Explorer development team announced that IE8 will use a META tag to kick the engine into standards mode by targeting a specific browser version, something that was previously done by using a valid DOCTYPE. A lot of people, including Jeremy Keith, think this is a [...]
November Accomplishments
SelecTrucks Center Sites We launched two new Center Sites in November. Kansas City was a challenging design, with lots of absolute positioning, which caused a few problems when IE7 came out. The client was really excited about the puzzle theme. Birmingham is, I think, one of the best looking designs we've done. The diagonal navigation is [...]
October Accomplishments
SelecTrucks We're nearing the end of the SelecTrucks project, and only launched one site this month: Tampa. I really like the water in the design, with the little diver swimming through. Carrier We did some small projects for Carrier this month, mostly SEM tweaks. The cool part is that we added a media center, which will be going [...]
IE7 has ClearType
Dave Shea pointed out back in August that IE7 will ship with ClearType enabled, even on XP!
An Event Apart Seattle
"It's a myth that you need a great client. It's possible to do great work for a terrible client — if you're willing to extend the scope of the project indefinitely." – Jeffrey Zeldman I already blogged about An Event Apart over on my personal blog, but I figured I should at least mention it here. Pop [...]
IE7 Priority Update
In case you haven't heard, IE7 is going to be released as a priority upgrade, which means that it will be automatically downloaded for most users. Not everyone installs all priority updates, of course, and there will be usual tool to allow businesses to block the download if they're not ready to upgrade. Nonetheless, this [...]
Slashdot Interview with Hakon Wium Lie
Ryan pointed me to an excellent interview with Håkon Wium Lie, the man who proposed the concept of CSS to the W3C. The interview covers a wide range, from why certain things work certain ways, to his enthusiasm for microformats. He also places the blame for CSS difficulties squarely in Microsoft’s court for not fully supporting [...]
Dave Shea Wants You To Stop Using CSS Hacks
Dave Shea from Mezzoblue wrote a nice article over on Vitamin titled “Stop Hacking, or Be Stopped.” It does a nice job of encapsulating the arguments against using CSS hacks to target IE, since IE7 will break most of these hacks. Instead, Shea recommends the same thing Microsoft recommends: conditional comments. Personally, I resisted these for [...]
IE ActiveX Confusion
Looks like we’re not the only ones who are confused about the IE ActiveX patch. Todd Dominey from What Do I Know is also confused, although in his case, he seems to think that the patch won’t apply until IE 7 is out, which is not the case. To recap, here’s the relevant bits (via [...]
