RE: [WSG] Rendering mismatch in IE6 and IE7
Hi, Thanks for all the inputs. I will not be able to provide a link to the page. I will definitely take all your advice and try sorting out the properties that do not work with IE6. Thanks Srikanth -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jon @ The PixelForge Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:40 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Rendering mismatch in IE6 and IE7 In addition to other advice, you may find that starting with a blank css sheet and adding in each instruction one by one, and seeing how each has an effect on the content. Ok, seems obvious, but this will a) provide you with information on how each instruction is working, either adversely or by design b) enabling you to learn more how and why certain bugs appear, speeding up development and debugging in future projects and c) can provide insight to redundant instructions, again speeding up future dev and debug time. As much of a PIA as this may seem, it can be quite interesting, and considering you've already written the css, it needn't take long. Admittedly, mostly obvious and I apologise if anything appears condescending - that is most certainly not my intent. I just think its worth bearing in mind some good old fashioned detective work can work wonders. In addition, to add weight to others suggestions, using browser specific debugging tools in conjunction with this approach has saved me time (and hair!) in the past. Regards, Jon Warner On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:42 PM, David Hucklesby wrote: > On 3/3/10 9:47 PM, Chakravarthy, Srikanth wrote: > [...] >> >> Now is there any way I can identify what CSS properties are not >> behaving properly in IE6? Is there any way that I can make the pages >> compatible with IE6? >> >> >> >> Any reference link or suggestion will be of immense help. >> > > The first thing to realize is that IE 6 has partial support for CSS 1, > while IE 7 introduced some support for CSS 2, particularly the extended > selectors. You may find the Sitepoint CSS reference useful for seeing > which selectors and properties IE 6 actually supports: > > http://reference.sitepoint.com/css > > Doubtless you have heard complaints about the colorful bugs with which > this 8+ year old browser is so well endowed. The bugs are quite well > documented, but tend to pop up in unexpected places. As Thierry has > already suggested, asking a specific question about a publicly available > page will likely provide you with better answers than mine. > > Cordially, > David > -- > > > *** > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *** > > *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** "Misys" is the trade name for Misys plc (registered in England and Wales). Registration Number: 01360027. Registered office: One Kingdom Street, London W2 6BL, United Kingdom. For a list of Misys group operating companies please go to http://www.misys.com/corp/About_Us/misys_operating_companies.html. This email and any attachments have been scanned for known viruses using multiple scanners. This email message is intended for the named recipient only. It may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the named recipient of this email please notify us immediately and do not copy it or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. This email does not constitute the commencement of legal relations between you and Misys plc. Please refer to the executed contract between you and the relevant member of the Misys group for the identity of the contracting party with which you are dealing. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] Rendering mismatch in IE6 and IE7
In addition to other advice, you may find that starting with a blank css sheet and adding in each instruction one by one, and seeing how each has an effect on the content. Ok, seems obvious, but this will a) provide you with information on how each instruction is working, either adversely or by design b) enabling you to learn more how and why certain bugs appear, speeding up development and debugging in future projects and c) can provide insight to redundant instructions, again speeding up future dev and debug time. As much of a PIA as this may seem, it can be quite interesting, and considering you've already written the css, it needn't take long. Admittedly, mostly obvious and I apologise if anything appears condescending - that is most certainly not my intent. I just think its worth bearing in mind some good old fashioned detective work can work wonders. In addition, to add weight to others suggestions, using browser specific debugging tools in conjunction with this approach has saved me time (and hair!) in the past. Regards, Jon Warner On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:42 PM, David Hucklesby wrote: > On 3/3/10 9:47 PM, Chakravarthy, Srikanth wrote: > [...] >> >> Now is there any way I can identify what CSS properties are not >> behaving properly in IE6? Is there any way that I can make the pages >> compatible with IE6? >> >> >> >> Any reference link or suggestion will be of immense help. >> > > The first thing to realize is that IE 6 has partial support for CSS 1, > while IE 7 introduced some support for CSS 2, particularly the extended > selectors. You may find the Sitepoint CSS reference useful for seeing > which selectors and properties IE 6 actually supports: > > http://reference.sitepoint.com/css > > Doubtless you have heard complaints about the colorful bugs with which > this 8+ year old browser is so well endowed. The bugs are quite well > documented, but tend to pop up in unexpected places. As Thierry has > already suggested, asking a specific question about a publicly available > page will likely provide you with better answers than mine. > > Cordially, > David > -- > > > *** > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *** > > *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] Rendering mismatch in IE6 and IE7
On 3/3/10 9:47 PM, Chakravarthy, Srikanth wrote: [...] Now is there any way I can identify what CSS properties are not behaving properly in IE6? Is there any way that I can make the pages compatible with IE6? Any reference link or suggestion will be of immense help. The first thing to realize is that IE 6 has partial support for CSS 1, while IE 7 introduced some support for CSS 2, particularly the extended selectors. You may find the Sitepoint CSS reference useful for seeing which selectors and properties IE 6 actually supports: http://reference.sitepoint.com/css Doubtless you have heard complaints about the colorful bugs with which this 8+ year old browser is so well endowed. The bugs are quite well documented, but tend to pop up in unexpected places. As Thierry has already suggested, asking a specific question about a publicly available page will likely provide you with better answers than mine. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
RE: [WSG] Rendering mismatch in IE6 and IE7
> I am working on a project that uses JSF with Richfaces and Ajax4jsf. > > All the pages were developed using IE7.0 and they appear properly on it. > The same page is rendered a bit differently on the other browsers such as Firefox, > Chrome. But the discrepancy is only w.r.t to the borders that are inherited. > > During development, I had referred to certain sites suggested on this forum too and > was convinced that IE6 had some glaring bugs in rendering using CSS properties and > IE7 is the way forward. > > Now due to some constraints, we need to make these pages compatible with IE6. Here > comes the trouble. The controls on the pages are not in the expected places. The panels > sit on top of one another and other such mismatches. > Now is there any way I can identify what CSS properties are not behaving properly in IE6? Do you have IE6 with the dev toolbar installed? That would help you debug the issues. > Is there any way that I can make the pages compatible with IE6? Can you post a link to your page? -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | articles and tutorials www.ez-css.org | ultra light CSS framework *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***