steveni
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| Posted: 09/23/2008, 6:57 PM |
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After lovingly crafting a new menu using menu builder in CCS4.01.006 the client rang me and told me that the menu is a mess when using ie8. I then checked it with ie7, Firefox and chrome and they all rendered slightly differently but ie8 was a mess.
Big worry is all the other sites out there that are going to fall down with ie8 (I have at least 15).
Does anyone have any CSS patches for the menu CSS sheets and ie8? I note that the style sheets have patches for ie6 so expect the same will apply to 8.
Cheers!
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Stanj
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| Posted: 09/26/2008, 7:41 PM |
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IE8 is stil Beta and is not standards compliant in many ways. CCS menus or anyhing else do not render as expected in IE8. Some tags like Float are useless in 8 so tableless layouts will not work predictably. Ie7 s bad enough but 8 is terrible. Create a CSS page outside of CodeCharge and see that the menu problem is not due to CCS menus. I have a site I am working on that I am having to completely rework or detect browser type and tell people using IE8 to come back when they get a proper browser....not a good option for a ecommerce site.
I've even found some table tags that do not render properly yet over a million people have downloaded and use IE8 so millions of web sites are suddenly defective in the eyes of the site visitors.
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| Posted: 09/27/2008, 11:33 AM |
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Like stanj said its a Beta.
(and they still have a lot of bug stuff)
there is no point to fix anything around a beta.
IE8 has change Rendering like 5 times and i think everytime are worst and more slow.
but still mayority use IE8
its amazing how a new Browser "Chrome" is faster than IE8.
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Stanj
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| Posted: 09/28/2008, 8:44 AM |
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Yes, Chrome looks good, I like the spare interface. The speed comes from their optimized JavaScript engine V8 that is much faster. The new version of FireFox will also have a much faster Javascript parser so there will be some pressure on MS to get it together. I don't understand their continual attempts to create standards defying browsers, it just angers developers and causes knowledgeable people to recommend alternatives to MS products.
Although causal users probably do not use the Compatibility button on IE8, that does at least cause the page to be rendered in the mode that works as if it was IE6 or 7. Obviously they know they are breaking CSS rendering or else they would not allow a manual page by page alternative. If you have a malfunctioning page look for a icon on the right side of the URL address bar looking like a page with a vertical crack through it. Clicking on that should render the page closer to the proper way. That icon only appears when it detects the page is not compatible with their new definition of MS CSS.
Tableless pages are the most likely to be broken. This is a real problem in that despite being a Beta, and will likely represent a permanent incompatibility with the rest of the world, millions of people are already using IE8 and 10s of thousands are downloading it every day. Unlike FF or other well behaved browsers, IE8 can't be down graded by uninstalling and installing IE7. According to MS, the only way to go back to a working version is to reinstall the operating system.
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| Posted: 09/29/2008, 7:59 AM |
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That is good info Stan.
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steveni
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| Posted: 09/30/2008, 6:10 AM |
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Thanks Guys!
I have had a play with Dreamweaver Spry menus and they seem to be a little more immune to different browsers and their standards compliance. I haven't tested them with IE8 (don't want to install it as it cannot be uninstalled). They seem to use the same CSS model with the html lists so I assume that they could be wrapped around a codecharge generated list.
Will test in future and let you know.
Anyone had any experience with CS3 Spry menus and IE8?
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