[email protected] wrote: >>> IE9 will only run with Vista and later Windows OSs. >>> Over 68% of Windows users are using XP... >> MS has even provided us with conditional comments, a fairy reliable way of >> telling which version of IE we're using. ... >> ---Tim > Recently I discovered that IE7 and IE8 conditional comments don't work in > IE8 because if the user has the button pressed to emulate IE7, the browser > will still take the IE8 styles. So I wound up putting <meta > http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> in the head and > served up IE7 conditional comments. I guess this will work with IE9 too, > but it seems mind boggling.
Such an emotionally charged debate. Must keep CSS in mind. IE8 in IE7 emulation mode is not the same as the real IE7. Not all the CSS bugs in the real IE7 appear in the latest versions of IE8 when emulating IE7. MS has provided conditional comments since they don't fully support interoperability and current policy is not appearing any difference. The meta element, <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> can been seen as similar to the flavors of Doctype, <!DOCTYPE html> designed to allow for IE backwards compatibility. IE in all respects is like a dinosaur that still has to hit the ground. -- Alan http://css-class.com/ Armies Cannot Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come. - Victor Hugo ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
