changer your browser...

no need to afraid...most users now moving towards opera,mozilla firefox,apple safari and chrome..

so no need to check error with ie6

Originally Posted by Crimson

Not necessarily, eventually Windows 7's market share will catch up. You've only got to use Windows 7 for a couple days to realize just how ancient XP is.

The really disturbing part is that as long as some people use XP, even if IE6 dies off we now have to support IE8 for the next decade (minimum). And supporting IE8 is not exactly fun either.

I' m using both but xp is the most stable windows os where in 7 application sometimes crash for unknown reasons. I m not saying abt old applications having compatibility issue.

agree with u that supporting I E 8, not 8 every IE browser is always a headache.

Originally Posted by webmastertalker

Hi,

I understand your problem and I suggest you to use a code that identify visitors with ie6 and alert them they should update their browser or install firefox...

PHP Code:

                                 <?php
 if (stristr('MSIE', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
   // Some breed of Internet Exploder...
   if (stristr('MSIE 7.0', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {  
   {
     // IE 7, also IE 8 when in broken pages mode
     // (it lies about its user agent in that mode -- joy)
   } else if if (stristr('MSIE 8.0', $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
     // IE 8
   } else {
     // IE 6 or earlier HERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR HTML CODE FOR FIREFOX DOWNLOAD OR SIMILAR
   

   }
 }
 ?>

Hey It's a nice idea to alert users to upgrade. thanks for this brilliant idea.

Originally Posted by hi2rashid

changer your browser...

no need to afraid...most users now moving towards opera,mozilla firefox,apple safari and chrome..

so no need to check error with ie6

every webmaster have to worry as it's not abt themselves it's abt users.

well friends forget my old issue because the 6 from IE 6 in now upside down and It has arrived in the form of new version of Internet Explorer from the one and only "Microsoft".

yes today i just checked my site with IE 9 Beta and then everything was like hell for me. content scattering all over, Footer gets too large which now became the background of all pages. there is no preview of the images it just open in the next page when it suppose to open as light box preview.

But there is a button in the IE 9 browser called compatibility view i clicked it and god everything get backs to normal. Now the question is how long this button will be provided ? what about after this version ? surely then we will not see this button / mode any more b'cos from now every developer will made new website with compatibility of IE 9 and most of the people including me have to Modify the codes of our current site. so im off now to get it solved .

If anybody have any solution on this issue please reply, will be very thankful.

Don't bother IE6. Its an outdated browser, where only few people use it. The few people I referred is offline workers and not internet enthusiast. If they are so fond of internet, they would have migrated to modern browsers. ;-)

I wouldn't sweat over IE9 either, it's still BETA - that means it's NOT finished and you shouldn't worry about it yet. IE8 beta was a nightmare, the final product was much more stable and less buggy. Worry about IE7 and 8. Present CONTENT ONLY for anyone using older versions of IE, that's all that really matters in the end anyway -- NOT the eye candy.

Originally Posted by LadynRed

I wouldn't sweat over IE9 either, it's still BETA - that means it's NOT finished and you shouldn't worry about it yet. IE8 beta was a nightmare, the final product was much more stable and less buggy. Worry about IE7 and 8. Present CONTENT ONLY for anyone using older versions of IE, that's all that really matters in the end anyway -- NOT the eye candy.

Thanks for ur reply!

so what do think which is the right step for me now ?should i wait for the final release or start making my site compatible with the IE9 Beta rightnow ?

Originally Posted by edgray

Those statistics might be flawed - if they're taken from people visiting the the W3 site, it's most likely going to be those involved in web development, so few would be using IE6.

In the real world, I think the percentage is far higher. I know many of the larger companies in my area still predominantly run XP with IE6. It really makes my job difficult

God !, just checked that page again and omg ! at the end of the table guess what's written ?

These statistics are based on W3Schools users

I see your problem. I know a lot of people don't believe in IE6, but unfortunately it still exists and if you must have a site work in that browser you must know the work around.

So, here are the solutions to your problems:

First: IE6 doesn't support png. It will throw a funny light blue background color due to rendering issues.
But don't worry there is a fix using jQuery. This site:http://blog.pauljamescampbell.co.uk/about-2/png-fix/ has a simple method. You can even see more of this on jquery.com

I see you are currently using scriptaculous. If you plan on using the png fix (jQuery), make sure you add the noconflict script or change the dollar signs to jQuery (but not in the jquery.js file). There are plenty of examples and help on the jquery site as well.

Second: I know that fonts will display differently in browsers do to aliasing & anti-aliasing. Also, you may not have that specific font on your computer so it will display all wacky.
I do know that IE6 sometimes has problems using just the "font" attribute in css. Best to separate it as font-size, font-family, etc. Consolidate the fonts in your body tag. So if you use "arial" as your main font & size 12px, put it in your body tag. That way you only have to style the different fonts familys and sizes. It will reduce your css file size, make it cleaner and easier to read.

Third: IE6 only understand hover states on the <a> tag. Looks like you have the border to show on the image hover. IE6 hates that.
To fix this just put the border on the a:hover of those images. You will need to specify a class to those a tags so it won't put a border on all <a> tags.

Hope that helps. I wasn't sure what other problems you may be experiencing.

First: IE6 doesn't support png

Incorrect. IE6 doesn't support TRANSPARENCY in PNGs.

I do know that IE6 sometimes has problems using just the "font" attribute in css

What? Utter nonsense. IE6 (and earlier) understands and renders the font attribute just fine, including CSS shorthand, it is not necessary to separate out the different attributes.

To make IE6 do hovers on other things besides the <a> tag, you can use a bit of javascript - very small - do a search for "whatever: hover", I've used it for years.

This might be no help but here is my 2 cents. If you use CSS which I'm not sure if you do or not, I haven't looked at the site. It may be daunting but you can create a new style sheet for IE users like iebrowser.css

<!--[if IE]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="whatever path/iebrowser.css" />
<![endif]-->

hope this helps

Hi,

I am completely agree with Puddlemut. Also talk to your designer he can fix the problems.

Yes, Puddlemut I am 100% agree with your statement about it. You suggested a very good and best information about browser problem. This step by step information are very good to solve my query.

Originally Posted by Puddlemut

I see your problem. I know a lot of people don't believe in IE6, but unfortunately it still exists and if you must have a site work in that browser you must know the work around.

So, here are the solutions to your problems:

First: IE6 doesn't support png. It will throw a funny light blue background color due to rendering issues.
But don't worry there is a fix using jQuery. This site:http://blog.pauljamescampbell.co.uk/about-2/png-fix/ has a simple method. You can even see more of this on jquery.com

I see you are currently using scriptaculous. If you plan on using the png fix (jQuery), make sure you add the noconflict script or change the dollar signs to jQuery (but not in the jquery.js file). There are plenty of examples and help on the jquery site as well.

Second: I know that fonts will display differently in browsers do to aliasing & anti-aliasing. Also, you may not have that specific font on your computer so it will display all wacky.
I do know that IE6 sometimes has problems using just the "font" attribute in css. Best to separate it as font-size, font-family, etc. Consolidate the fonts in your body tag. So if you use "arial" as your main font & size 12px, put it in your body tag. That way you only have to style the different fonts familys and sizes. It will reduce your css file size, make it cleaner and easier to read.

Third: IE6 only understand hover states on the <a> tag. Looks like you have the border to show on the image hover. IE6 hates that.
To fix this just put the border on the a:hover of those images. You will need to specify a class to those a tags so it won't put a border on all <a> tags.

Hope that helps. I wasn't sure what other problems you may be experiencing.

Hi Puddlemut,
i followed your advice and my most of the problems are solved now.
Thank you man for your great support it helped me alot.
also i think that you can also help me with my I.E 9 beta issue. pls check my site in I.E 9 you will understand abt the prob.
thanks again.

I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Crystal from Louisiana, US.
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