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Details On IE7 CSS Changes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-slashdot-will-work-better dept.

writes "IE development team has released a list of CSS changes for IE7. Some of the notable new features are enabling :hover for all elements, and implementing position:fixed, and PNG transparency support. In addition, there is a long list of fixed bugs that plagued previous IE browsers for years. These changes (except for PNG transparency) only work under the <!DOCTYPE> switch to preserve compatibility with previous versions of IE."

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  1. Old News by thinsoldier · · Score: 5, Informative

    that IE blog post is from August.
    Old News.

  2. Re:is it too much to ask? by masklinn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why would they when other people are already doing that

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  3. Re:IE7 zoom is completely borked by gc8005 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Installed IE7, found two problems within 10 minutes.

    Does not work with SalesForce. Buttons do not render. They'll appear as a thin line without text.

    IE7 does not work with our SharePoint / WSS v3 Beta (with R2 patch applied). Excel views crash. Works fine with IE6 and Firefox.

    IE7, IMHO, is not ready for prime time. Even uninstalling is somewhat hidden. Hint: Control Panel, Add/Remove software, show Windows Updates, then find IE7, remove.

  4. Notable lacking features by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Informative
    Using the QuirksMode CSS compatibility chart, some lacking features in IE 7 compared to the competition are:
    • display: table
    • :before and :after
    • :active
    • :focus (IE 5.2 for Mac actually still does a better job)
    • outline (IE 5.2 for Mac has full support)
    • Tables: border-spacing
    • Tables: border-collapse
    • Tables: caption-side
    • Tables: empty-cells

    Only listing shortcomings where support is present in all or nearly all of Firefox, Opera, Safari; the majority of its competition.

    But it's still a huge improvement over IE 6 standards-wise, and I think Microsoft did a pretty good job taking their ancient IE 6 code and doing something decent out of it. IE 7 adds support for all CSS selectors, and even handles the + selector better than Firefox, applying styles correctly in dynamic updates.

    Maybe with IE 8 they will be even more competitive with the browsers of today, standards-wise.
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  5. On other news... by Yuioup · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... Firefox 2.0 is available on Mozilla's FTP.

    (I'm using it right now).

    http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefo x/releases/2.0/

    Y

  6. Re:PNG Support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It involves starting the setup procedure, and then replacing the hacked inf with the original before the cryptographic service (yes, it has to be in manual or automatic) can verify it. This is easier to do with a slow computer, of course (you may need to write a batch file if you run a modern processor). At least, this works to install WMP11 under Server 2003. What'll happen with IE7 under W2K is very much a mystery, though I'd be surprised if your explorer shell still worked after completing setup.

    I'd try this in a VM first, if I were you.