Comments on: IE7: oh well http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/ Birnam Designs Blog (BDB) :: sharing tips, resources, ideas, and more, on web development and design Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: david http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-20213 Wed, 02 May 2007 13:32:10 +0000 http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-20213 There are fewer problems, so I agree, the IE stylesheets tend to be smaller. But I don't typically use IE stylesheets, I usually find workarounds. The bugs that are there in IE7, I've found more difficult to workaround (whether because they are genuinely more problematic, or because we haven't found many IE7 hacks yet, I can't say), so I've needed an IE stylesheet more now than I ever did before. All said, it's an improvement, but not one that met my hopes. There are fewer problems, so I agree, the IE stylesheets tend to be smaller. But I don’t typically use IE stylesheets, I usually find workarounds. The bugs that are there in IE7, I’ve found more difficult to workaround (whether because they are genuinely more problematic, or because we haven’t found many IE7 hacks yet, I can’t say), so I’ve needed an IE stylesheet more now than I ever did before. All said, it’s an improvement, but not one that met my hopes.

]]> by: Busy http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-20182 Wed, 02 May 2007 06:53:51 +0000 http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-20182 To be fair, I think it's WAY easy to fix pages for IE7 that were designed in firefox, as long as they follow standards and are well thought out semantically. My IE7 stylesheets are typically only 5 or 6 lines long. Actually, the last one I did only needed 2 lines, one to trigger has-layout in a class, and the other to adjust the margin-bottom on the body element. To be fair, I think it’s WAY easy to fix pages for IE7 that were designed in firefox, as long as they follow standards and are well thought out semantically. My IE7 stylesheets are typically only 5 or 6 lines long. Actually, the last one I did only needed 2 lines, one to trigger has-layout in a class, and the other to adjust the margin-bottom on the body element.

]]> by: Travis http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-12686 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:15:35 +0000 http://blog.birnamdesigns.com/2006/11/02/ie7-oh-well/#comment-12686 Yeah, I know the feeling... I never expected it to replace Firefox, but I was hoping for something better from it. To be fair, they DID seem to fix a lot of security issues, even though more have cropped up since. I know it doesn't change the rendering of the pages or anything like that, but IE7 in Vista LOOKS nice. I just think it looks horrid in XP. I can't wait to hear about what you think of Vista when you get it. You'll have to blog a review! ;) Yeah, I know the feeling… I never expected it to replace Firefox, but I was hoping for something better from it. To be fair, they DID seem to fix a lot of security issues, even though more have cropped up since.

I know it doesn’t change the rendering of the pages or anything like that, but IE7 in Vista LOOKS nice. I just think it looks horrid in XP.

I can’t wait to hear about what you think of Vista when you get it. You’ll have to blog a review! ;)

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