While you are new to handcoding - you will inevitably write CSS code which IE just messes up… :”( In this moment you’d probably like to have a little IE voodoo doll to stick pins into…. :)
But don’t worry - the more you work with the code - the more you will understand how to structure your HTML and CSS better, avoiding most if not all IE hacks. And hopefully with IE8 - if we’re lucky enough - we will have a better version yet…
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Using del.icio.us for your bookmarking is not only an excellent way to organise your bookmarks and keep them safely backed up - it can also add a collection of links - which remains current and up to date - to any webpage you design . Using services like Feeddigest - you can customise your feeds, such as any chosen del.icio.us tag/s or collections - and add them dynamically to yoru chosen webpage. While you add any selected links to your delicious page, adding your set tag - allows those bookmarks to be fed through to your site, keeping the link collection displayed fresh and updated frequently.
(If you haven’t heard about del.icio.us yet - you should definitely have a look - read my previous post for more info)
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Having played around with getting to grips with what the new version of IE is now throwing at our sites - after reading a lot of useful articles on this subject (see links below) - I’ve ended up with one method to use which seems to work fine. The idea is to only load the style sheet in our ‘good’ browsers understand and use conditional comments to load in the extra style sheets IE would need.
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with the arrival of IE7 - we are again faced with different problems for our CSS implementation…
In this transitional period with a number of people ready to upgrade (encouraged by the automated prompt) - there will also be a number of people out there who will not agree so quickly and will stick with IE6 a while longer. To fix the display errors both versions of IE will inevitably show - we will need to use hacks for both versions. → continue reading…
After struggling to get a consistent and stable set up for 2 small flash movies, floated next to each other, in IE - I gave up trying to figure this one out. Let’s hope for better support in future versions….
I decided to stick with the page redirection - if flash is not found on the user machine and the browser will display a different page instead which replaces the 2 flash movies with static gifs - and add a browser detection script to re-direct IE onto this same page, avoiding the flash alignment problems. → continue reading…
Since I joined the WebStandardsGroup - one thing I really enjoy is the newsletter ‘Some links for light reading’. Some excellent articles and links to keep up to date with latest developments. Since the arrival of IE7 - we are obviously all worried about what the new release will mean for the currently implemented hacks and other display bugs….
So here a few useful articles to read (courtesy of the WSG):
