hey this is an interesting issue since i try to remind myself that IE is still about 80% of the market right now
On 9/4/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Cheryl Colan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We knew about this already from our testing phase. It is caused by > the new > > "offer embed code" feature of vPIP - specifically by whatever CSS styles > > come with it by default. Without adding the "share" embed code, the page > > displays fine in IE6. With it, the layout is broken in IE6. I believe it > > looked fine in IE7 with WindowsXP running in Parallels on my Mac. I > don't > > have access to Vista so that's an unknown. > > I know what you mean, Cheryl... in general... not particularly > pertaining to Show-In-A-Box. I was planning to blog about this after > the flash/h.264 hooplah, but didn't have time to with my myriad > simultaneous projects. > > From when I first started out with blogger, I was testing my sites on > four browsers on two machines. Mac Firefox, Mac Safari, Windows > Firefox, Windows Internet Explorer. I had both monitors next to each > other and would keep tweaking until I got something that worked with > all four. Eventually, I bailed on Internet Explorer, because the > other three generally worked all at the same time, and my extra time > was being spent formatting for IE. > > Same thing with codecs. I started out wanting to make AVI and MP4 and > Flash to make sure that whomever came to the site could definitely see > the videos. I ended up bailing on AVI and Flash because of quality > and frame rate issues. The only reason I'm involved with Flash at all > at this point is that blip.tv automatically transcodes my MOVs into > Flash when I upload them. The only reason I'm involved with ogg at > this point is that Jay & Ryanne keep bringing it up, so I may as well > encode to that format as well. If it weren't for Show-In-A-Box, I'd > just post MOVs, and let anyone else "eat cake". :D > > -- > billcammack > http://realfans.tv > > > > The vPIP release that includes "offer embed code" came out right > before we > > were set to relaunch and there was a last minute scramble to add it > because > > we wanted that embed code. Before going live, Ryanne and I talked > about what > > to do - whether to go live with the design flaw, or leave the "offer > embed > > code" feature off the site until more testing could be done, and her > > decision was to include the "offer embed code" feature despite the > problem > > with IE6. We're continuing to pursue a solution. > > > > I initially found that turning vPIP's "offer embed code" styling off > looked > > a lot worse than leaving it on. It became an unstyled table that > pushed well > > outside the main content column into the sidebar area (overlapping the > > content there). I was unable to restyle it with my own CSS. But that's > > because we were under deadline to get the new site in place. Now that's > > done, there will be time to poke the CSS until it's beaten into > submission. > > And good thing about that is I'll be able to document how to style > it once > > we figure it out! > > > > Great feedback, Bill. Site stats say there are still a significant > number of > > visitors coming in on IE6, so we do need to address this as soon as > > possible. > > > > I should chronicle the whole redesign process. We ran into Safari > weirdness, > > too. When I finally got it working in all my test browsers I felt like a > > freaking hero. Then it broke when we updated vPIP - and I just about > cried. > > Sigh. > > > > Cheryl Colan > > -- > > I vlog: hummingcrow.com > > I make: whatwefound.blogspot.com > > I teach: node101phoenix.org > > > > On 9/4/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 9/4/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just a slight bug report on this. I just looked at it in IE for > > > > Windows and the side bars are stacked on top of each other instead > > > > of side by side and some of their content is underneath the > posts at > > > > the bottom of the page. I know IE is a pain in the ass when it > comes > > > > to CSS as I am having my own problems with it on my site. I wish I > > > > could just ignore IE but unfortunately they're still a major player > > > > in the browser arena. > > > > > > thanks for the catch. > > > what version of IE? > > > Mac/PC? > > > > > > you can email me offline. > > > > > > jay > > > > > > -- > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com** > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
