Hey David, Can you post an example of using Tony's first sugestion?
Thank you! --- In [email protected], "David Dailey" <ddailey@...> wrote: > > Wow Tony! I tried your first suggestion and it worked! Thanks. > > > > Thanks also to Jacob for your suggestion, I was about to do it until Tony's > suggestion arrived. Two browsers in one; very cool! I don't know quite how > it works but it will be quite handy. > > > > My report on the text alignment issues and some ensuing discussion can be > seen at > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2011May/0141.html and threads > leading from there. > > > > A correction though: IE/ASV and Opera seem to agree, but with the problem > that neither gives the method for top-alignment of text (even with script) > that I'm seeking. Most browsers seem to interpret getExtentOfChar() > differently than Opera, ASV and I would, and unfortunately, it looks as > though the spec is sufficiently vague or misleading that it leaves SVG with > utterly no way to handle some standard typographical effects. > > > > regards > > David > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of tonyschr > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 10:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [svg-developers] Re: running IE9 and ASV > > > > > > > > It should be easier than that. I don't have a machine to test this on right > now, but offhand three things that should work: > > 1) Embed the SVG using the 'object' tag and set the page meta tag for > X-UA-Compatible to something earlier than IE9 mode. Or use the developer > toolbar to trigger an earlier mode. > > 2) Again with the 'object' tag, explicitly specify the CLSID of the ASV > instead of just type="image/svg+xml". You could also use the deprecated > image/svg-xml, but that's a hack... > > 3) Install the ASV after IE9 and double-click the .svg file. > > If this doesn't work let me know. Out of curiosity I'd be interested in > learning about the text alignment issues you encountered. > > - Tony Schreiner [MSFT] > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com> , Jacob Beard <jbeard4@> wrote: > > > > I think the canonical approach to testing different configurations of IE > is > > to simply run a virtual machine. Microsoft provides images for their free > > Virtual PC emulator: > > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b > 64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef > > > > > <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4 > b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef> > > Jake > > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM, David Dailey <ddailey@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to do some cross browser testing on a machine running Windows > 7. > > > Is there a way to perform tests using IE9 (which is installed), but > still > > > be > > > able to see what things look like in ASV? There were some recent tests > > > involving text alignment that I reported here a few months ago where all > > > modern browsers failed miserably, but IE/ASV seemed to do it correctly, > and > > > I am interested in checking my work without having to drive to the > office > > > (where there are legacy machines to be found). > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > David > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
