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CSS Wizardry and IE — Issues with Internet Explorer
Whilst building this version of CSS Wizardry I was always aware that — with such a detailed layout — IE issues would be apparent. IE7 isn’t too bad, and as for IE6, I’m not too sure, as I haven’t looked at it yet (multiple IE is a bit buggy).
Internet Explorer 7
For the most part CSS Wizardry looks fine in IE7, the only issues are the drop caps, which have had to be styled completely differently and the fact that in some instances some text runs out of the baseline grid by a matter of pixels. The latter is that slight however that you probably would not have noticed had I not mentioned it.
Internet Explorer 6
I have not tested in IE6 yet for a number of reasons:
- The usage stats for IE6 on CSS Wizardry are that slight that only a small handful of people will be affected.
- The problems I can see in IE6 thus far don’t affect the accessibility of CSS Wizardry — all the data is still perfectly accessible.
- For a non-paying site that doesn’t have to please a paying client I thought it a little OTT to start developing for a seriously outdated browser.
There are also things that CSS Wizardry uses that can’t be fixed in IE6, such as the use of hair spaces, and the use of some pseudo-elements such as :first-letter.
However…
…Internet Explorer 6 isn’t that bad. Most IE6 issues are caused by poor code and lack of uderstanding on the developer’s part. I think that in the near future — and with a little more time — I will probably fix the IE6 bugs.
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