IE8 + CSS = FAIL
This post is self explanatory. A couple of tests which IE8 fails.
Yes I know, it is only a Beta, but so far is not looking good.
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How Good Is The Emulate IE7 Button?
Well, apparently is not that good. According to Mandown IE8 still breaks some mapping websites even when the emulate IE7 button is on.
I haven’t tested this myself, but if it’s true, then we can expect the IE8 will break websites that are already working on IE7 even if we, as developers, tell it to render it as IE7.
Once more, Thanks Microsoft for making our lives so wonderful.
And The Reason Is…
The reason for the Emulate IE7 button on IE8 is because Microsoft is always behind on what they should do. For instance, you have a crappy browser, IE6 so you decide to force people to update but, and only if, you have a valid version of windows. So obviously a lot of people do not update their browser. Of course Microsoft realizes that this is a mistake and releases IE7 without any genuine check so that everybody can upgrade but there’s still some people that do not want to and we are just left to wonder, why if they force other stupid updates they don’t get everybody to IE7 once and for all.
Now with IE8 coming this year, it looks like IE7 will still be around which means that developers will have to use the IE7 button when testing their websites to make sure it looks correct on both versions and after that, use Multiple IE’s to be able to test on IE6.
Thanks again Microsoft, for making the Web DEveloper life so more interesting.
Fun With IE8 & Maps
After posting about IE8 breaking suckerfish, I kept trying some of my sites and luckily one of them had a Google Map. I don’t know what this is, css, javascript or god knows what, but I decided to take a screen shot of the actual Google Maps page for everyone to enjoy IE8 at it’s best:
I then decided to search and found that some people had alreqdy realized this nightmare and was actually pointed to some other issues like MSN own Live Search Maps:
& Mapquest:
And I didn’t even get to the Ask.com map since the Ask.com website displays like this:
and the map link doesn’t work. Can anyone smell a lawsuit coming?
Ps: I know this is still a Beta Version, but if they already passed the Acid2 Test, then why is everything else so screwed up? And, once everything else is fixed, will they still pass the Acid2 Test?
