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branchandroot :: Problems with IE6; help needed in testing

antiaol :: Re: One of the few advantages of having a decade-old computer is a copy of IE6 [+2]

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branchandroot

1/24/08 01:04 pm

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Problems with IE6; help needed in testing

Okay, it looks like IE6 is throwing a real fit about the new layouts. See the very helpful screenshots in this comment.

I've given IJ-sitepage-body a width, so it should have layout and IJ-sitepage-nav should accept absolute positioning within it; apparently the problem is something more arcane.

If anyone has a copy of IE6 in easy reach and wants to poke at the problem, I'd hugely appreciate the help. The only copy I can get to is remote and I can't connect to anything /else/ while using it, which makes testing changes a bit of a trial.

Any ideas are welcome!

ETA: Height of the header is part of it; this... is going to be a pain. I might actually need to add a clearing div to the html code. More news as I can catch it.

ETA2: Triumph! Maybe. I think I've gotten it to play nicely with older IE, but if anyone has a copy of IE5 or 6 hanging around and could give it a test-drive once the code is live, that would be very helpful.

Tags: debugging

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antiaol

1/28/08, 03:24 am

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Re: One of the few advantages of having a decade-old computer is a copy of IE6

One of the few advantages of any Windows computer is the ability to use Multiple IE, which gives you all versions of IE going back to v.3.0. If you folks want IJ to be fully backward compatible to IE 4.0 (like LJ is), you need to test the CSS; this is the best way that I know how (download link with instructions follows - it installs from an executable that's easy as pie, then just click the icon for the version you want to use to open it - it's pretty straightforward).

Only two problems, both which I think are well-worth it if you need this IE extension to test a lot of code...

1) I think Multiple IE uninstalls IE 7 Pro on every IE 7 restart, which is a PITA, because when I use IE I want the Pro hacks in place. Now I have to reinstall IE 7 Pro every time I want to use it with IE 7 again.

2) Sometimes one of the versions of Multiple IE will crash. I think the cleaner and more up-to-date your PC is, the less that will happen.

Download Multiple IE (it's free) and instructions:

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

sherlock

1/28/08, 03:26 am

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Re: One of the few advantages of having a decade-old computer is a copy of IE6

From what I understand, the desire to be compatible with 5 and 6 is the impetus behind branchandroot's latest update

antiaol

1/29/08, 05:02 am

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Re: One of the few advantages of having a decade-old computer is a copy of IE6

"If you folks want IJ to be fully backward compatible to IE 4.0 (like LJ is),"

branchandroot has indicated a strong desire to let IE 4 "go hang". I feel otherwise, but I don't know how to test the CSS for you guys, or I would help you with that part of this project, too.