IE6 RIP – Microsoft launches IE6 countdown.
Microsoft’s site Ie6countdown.com is not the first attempt to retire the browser – in May 2010, when Microsoft last tried to enroll netizens into its cause, Redmond said, that using IE6 is like drinking nine-year-old milk because of the risks involved. 10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now [...]
Thoughts on CSS width:calc()
When I dig through all the CSS3 toys, I ask myself several questions: How can I use it? What need does it fill? How can I work around it for browsers that don’t support it? I am having trouble with justifying using width:calc()! It is not that it is not needed; IE6 needs it badly; [...]
Using jQuery as an alternative to csshover3
csshover3.htc works to add hover to all elements in IE However, it does come with a performance hit. It is always good to have alternative; sometimes different scripts cause problems for each other. If jQuery is being used hover can be added by this code: $(“.tab”).mouseenter( function (){ $(“.dropdown”, this).css(“display”, “block”); } ); $(“.tab”).mouseleave( function [...]
width: calc(100%-300px)
CSS calc appears to be supported in the plans for both firefox and IE new releases. Nothing is yet known about Webkit, Chrome and Opera support time frames. Where this is needed is in floating design styles which have a fixed width element that must be included. So the last column needs to take all [...]
HTML5 in IE6 7 and 8 with plugin dubbed “IE Killer”
If you don’t want to uses tiny pieces of code to render pieces standards mode in IE6, IE7, or IE8. If you want the whole thing, all of it, in one shot … including people on WIN XP which will not be able to use IE9. There is a solution! One script to load one [...]
Cross browser CSS3 hover on non-anchor tags
All browsers but Internet Explorer handle hover on tags other than the anchor tag; the anchor tag is most often used for links. By using CSS hover one can make for example a drop down menu, by causing elements to appear when the mouse is placed over them; Without, using javascript. The solution to Internet [...]
CSS rounded corners in all browsers
IE does not support CSS3 rounded corners at this moment. However IE does have a method of extending their support for different styles which can be included in the style sheet. These IE style extensions are called behaviors. On Google code site exists border-radius.htc when this file is uploaded to a site. It can be [...]
