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CSS Differences in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

42 points by twampss 17y ago

sync 17y ago
Quick summary for you: IE6 no, IE7 yes, IE8 yes.
- oconnor0 17y ago
  Pretty much. I had erroneously lumped IE 6&7 together, but a few weeks ago I realized that, honestly, 7 is leaps and bounds better than 6.
- wvenable 17y ago
  When it comes to rendering (layout on the page), IE7 is a lot like IE6.
- invisible 17y ago
  There are some really handy things that IE7 lacks and IE8 now supports. For example: pseudo-classes before/after/focus, inherit keyword support, and alternative display values. The other things IE7 doesn't support are trivial in some respects (but not exactly trivial).
pavs 17y ago
I can't think of any other software that is as hated as IE. Anyone? If I could ask for 2 wishes to comes true: 1) Eliminate IE 2) World peace
- scythe 17y ago
  Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader.
- MindTwister 17y ago
  In that order
- idm 17y ago
  My guess is that if you solve #1, you get #2 automatically.
- anamax 17y ago
  The preconditions for world peace with humans are pretty much a horror show.
- tybris 17y ago
  I've used the web for too long to hate IE. Not after all it did. IE4 introduced the UI control that allowed you to build full-blown applications in your browser using server-side processing. IE5 introduced the scripting that allowed you to build full-blown applications in your browser using client-side processing. They introduced browser plug-ins before anyone thought they would ever need them and could do AJAX years before that term that was invented. Since then, the other browsers have improved upon the things IE introduced, but haven't taken any considerable single steps forward. For reasons beyond my understanding I still can't embed MathML and SVG in my HTML and there has been very little development towards more sophisticated browser-applications, despite a huge demand (Microsoft gave it a try with XAML, but by then it had lost its culture of innovative engineering). Instead, browser developers spent 10 years coming up with the Canvas element. The state of browsers is so bad that if a serious developer wants to do anything slightly off-track today he has to resort to a proprietary plug-in called Flash. Lets hope Chrome stirs things up a bit.
  - peoplerock 17y ago
    It's not IE that needs to be disparaged. [By the standards of ~2000 it was pretty good, no?] It's those who declined upgrade it year after year.
nixme 17y ago
Don't bother with this. The compatibility tables at quirksmode[1] are superior. They even include IE8 acting in IE7 compatibility mode. [1] http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html

42 points by twampss 17y ago

sync 17y ago

Quick summary for you: IE6 no, IE7 yes, IE8 yes.

oconnor0 17y ago
Pretty much. I had erroneously lumped IE 6&7 together, but a few weeks ago I realized that, honestly, 7 is leaps and bounds better than 6.
wvenable 17y ago
When it comes to rendering (layout on the page), IE7 is a lot like IE6.
invisible 17y ago
There are some really handy things that IE7 lacks and IE8 now supports. For example: pseudo-classes before/after/focus, inherit keyword support, and alternative display values. The other things IE7 doesn't support are trivial in some respects (but not exactly trivial).

pavs 17y ago

I can't think of any other software that is as hated as IE. Anyone? If I could ask for 2 wishes to comes true: 1) Eliminate IE 2) World peace

scythe 17y ago
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader.
MindTwister 17y ago
In that order
idm 17y ago
My guess is that if you solve #1, you get #2 automatically.
anamax 17y ago
The preconditions for world peace with humans are pretty much a horror show.
tybris 17y ago
I've used the web for too long to hate IE. Not after all it did. IE4 introduced the UI control that allowed you to build full-blown applications in your browser using server-side processing. IE5 introduced the scripting that allowed you to build full-blown applications in your browser using client-side processing. They introduced browser plug-ins before anyone thought they would ever need them and could do AJAX years before that term that was invented. Since then, the other browsers have improved upon the things IE introduced, but haven't taken any considerable single steps forward. For reasons beyond my understanding I still can't embed MathML and SVG in my HTML and there has been very little development towards more sophisticated browser-applications, despite a huge demand (Microsoft gave it a try with XAML, but by then it had lost its culture of innovative engineering). Instead, browser developers spent 10 years coming up with the Canvas element. The state of browsers is so bad that if a serious developer wants to do anything slightly off-track today he has to resort to a proprietary plug-in called Flash. Lets hope Chrome stirs things up a bit.
- peoplerock 17y ago
  It's not IE that needs to be disparaged. [By the standards of ~2000 it was pretty good, no?] It's those who declined upgrade it year after year.

nixme 17y ago

Don't bother with this. The compatibility tables at quirksmode[1] are superior. They even include IE8 acting in IE7 compatibility mode. [1] http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html