Would you mind sending me the link so I can take a look and diagnose why it is not rendering properly without compatibility view?
Tatham Oddie http://tath.am -----Original Message----- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Eyemax Studios Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2009 3:37 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode Personally I think this is just another Microsoft attempt at trying to enforce what it believes the Standards should be. I too, spent several minutes trying to fix problems in ie8, when my wife noticed the main business's site not displaying properly, then she noticed the compatibility button next to the address bar in ie8 and it all worked fine. Tatham Oddie wrote: > Tee, > > IE8 is shown as a Windows Update. If you're in Uninstall or Change Programs, > make sure you have "Show Updates" ticked at the top of the window. > > > Tatham Oddie > http://tath.am > > > -----Original Message----- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On > Behalf Of tee > Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2009 4:02 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode > > > On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Nick Hodge wrote: > >>> A heads up, I was using Classic View for my Vista, in IE8 with >>> standard mode the sites all had a few paddings/margins issue in a >>> number of pages where absolute position is declared, and on few areas >>> where there is darken background color with lighter 1px horizontal >>> line, the line turns to solid white. Soon as I switched to Vista >>> View, all these problems disappeared. >>> >> Is the URL for this so I can escalate to IE8 team? >> >> Nick Hodge >> > > Hi Nick, > > I switched back to Classic View thinking to make the screenshots, but > all the problems I saw before I switched to Vista View are gone. Not > sure if it was some residues from IE7 I am absolute those problems are > real, not my imaginations as I actually spent some 10 minutes trying > to fix one page by adding a It IE8 Conditional comment, when it didn't > work as it should as I know my CSS code, I started looking for other > possible cause, however switching to Vista View was quite accidental > because IE8 looks exactly like IE7 in the classic view and I couldn't > find the Compatibility Mode on the toolbar. > > > I would have uninstalled IE8 to run another test to see if I can see > those problem again, but I can't find how to uninstall IE8. In the > Control Panel > Uninstall or Change Program, I can't see IE8. > > tee > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
