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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. Now if only someone would fix the reverse... by Channard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    .. which is certain websites requiring IE to work.

  2. is it too much to ask? by krell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "In addition, there is a long list of fixed bugs that plagued previous IE browsers for years"

    It's be nice if Microsoft provided a list of every single unfixed bug in IE7 as well.

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  3. Re:PNG Support by masklinn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You'll still have to cater for IE6 or a loong time, especially since IE7 can't be installed on Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP1...

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  4. Re:Does this mean.. by EvilMonkeySlayer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We have a design spec that we're meant to follow, either we do it in flash or we do it in HTML, CSS with a bit of Javascript and some alpha transparency PNG's.

    Which site would you rather go to?

    I know which i'd prefer.

    I was faced with that exact conundrum a couple of years ago, either I can learn Flash and create a site that is unusable in text browsers, unusable to blind users, unusable to non windows and mac os users and an inability to copy text from the website etc. Or code it in HTML, CSS & Javascript (with a few alpha PNG's) which I already knew. Which the MAJORITY of web devs know.

    I created it in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

    That said the site which is still up works fine in IE 7 as well as 6, no need to tweak the JS for the alpha png stuff.

  5. Re:Does this mean.. by xENoLocO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, you see, when you fix a bug, you, well, fix the bug. All the CSS hacks out there exploit unfixed bugs, so you see by fixing them, they ruin your hacks. That's why you don't hack. Use conditional comments.

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  6. Re:PNG Support by tclark · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They can still run Firefox.

  7. Re:PNG Support by Teilo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How elitist of you. Meanwhile, we web developers who actually expect to get paid, have to face the reality of the market. Try to pitch this to the CEO of XYZ corp: "Oh, and by the way, 50% of your potential customers will have to change to a different browser." Get real.

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