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CSS Wizardry and IE — Issues with Internet Explorer

Whilst building this version of CSS Wizardry I was always aware thatMDASHwith such a detailed layoutMDASHabIE issues would be apparent. abIE7 isn’t too bad, and as for abIE6, I’m not too sure, as I haven’t looked at it yet (multiple abIE is a bit buggy).

Internet Explorer 7

For the most part CSS Wizardry looks fine in abIE7, 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 abIE6 yet for a number of reasons:

  1. The usage stats for abIE6 on CSS Wizardry are that slight that only a small handful of people will be affected.
  2. The problems I can see in abIE6 thus far don’t affect the accessibility of CSS WizardryMDASHall the data is still perfectly accessible.
  3. 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 abIE6, 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 abIE6 issues are caused by poor code and lack of uderstanding on the developer’s part. I think that in the near futureMDASHand with a little more timeMDASHI will probably fix the abIE6 bugs.