Hi guys, So I read this article today (I've pasted it below) about the release of IE 7 and how developers should download the preview version just to make sure their sites will look ok. Especially since Internet Explorer 7 will be pushed as an automatic update when its officially released this month.
I downloaded a copy and looked at a few of my sites. No major issues, a few things out of place but nothing that can't be fixed quickly. Anyway, I decided to check out cakephp.org and there are definitely display problems on the cake homepage with IE 7. So just a heads up to the guys at Cake and to the rest of you guys so you're not surprised later this month. Here's the article: Time's Up: Internet Explorer 7 Coming This Month I've said it before, but if you haven't tested and corrected any issues that exist with your site in the new Internet Explorer 7 browser, you need to get on it right away. Microsoft has announced that the final version of the browser will be released before the end of this month-that's less than two weeks away, people! In the weeks following this initial release, Microsoft will deploy the browser to all Windows XP users via Automatic Updates. Although the installation of IE7 will not be forced as it was for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (users will be able to postpone or cancel the update if they so desire), a message will appear recommending that users proceed with the installation, which most of them undoubtedly will. Chris Wilson, group Program Manager of the Internet Explorer Platform team at Microsoft, spoke at the Fundamentos Web 2006 conference and implored the developers there to test their sites with IE7 and fix any issues that appeared. There are a number of people on the IE7 team that have put their jobs on the line by implementing the standards compliance fixes and CSS features that we have been demanding for years, in some cases breaking compatibility with sites that were designed for the browser's previous nonstandard behaviour. As the dominant browser, Internet Explorer has the potential to effectively break the Web if the sites that everyday users rely upon do not work correctly in this new version. Despite this, Microsoft has taken an enormous leap of faith by sacrificing compatibility in the name of standards compliance. It's up to us as developers to ensure that this leap of faith pays off, so that we can continue to see improvements to standards compliance in future releases of Internet Explorer. You're not on your own, here. Microsoft has produced an impressive array of tools and documentation to help developers migrate their sites to IE7, and the SitePoint Forums community is at your service to answer any lingering questions. Together, we can make IE7 the success it needs to be to secure the future development and adoption of web standards that make our jobs easier and more exciting! That's all for this issue-thanks for reading! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
