On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Tim Arnold <tim.arn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:50 PM, John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote: >> I just looked at a site I’m developing in IE 8 using Netrender and it looks >> like an 18-car pile up…very not pretty. IE 9, 10, 11 appear to draw the page >> the way other browsers do. >> >> Is IE8 a browser of concern anymore, IOW, should I work hard to fix whatever >> is messing up my site in IE8, or will this mess up my site in modern, >> well-behaved browsers? >> >> Thanks for any thoughts on this! >> >> John >> >> for the curious: >> >> http://netrenderer.com/?browser=ie8&url=http://www.coffeeonmars.com/170_su/client/category/design/ >> ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > I'm guessing the pile-up is due to using REMs for layout (or > anything). IE8 doesn't know what to do with a REM. > > That said, I always look to the analytics to determine browser > support. Not general, internet-wide, analytics, but ones specific to > the audience I'm building for. I mostly work for non-profits and > occasionally come across cases where "decent" IE8 support is required. > > Tim > >
Just add a fallback, if this is the issue: font-size: 16px; font-size: 1rem; -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
