Please see this:  https://gist.github.com/1365580


Thanks,
Sumit


2012/3/6 Jesper Rønn-Jensen <[email protected]>

> Yes, as some of you already mentioned, i did not bring this up to start a
> discussion about reasons to support/not support a specific browser.
>
> I sincerely just want to use Bootstrap AND have a requirement based on a
> LOT of IE 6 users. Based on these conditions, i get the objective answer
> that it is not thought into Bootstrap.
>
> Which is completely fair -- why bother when you dont have the same
> requirement as I have :)
>
> Jus one clarification: By IE6 support, i don't strive for pixel-perfect,
> responsive, gradient, round-corner visual issues. But more if there is a
> way to make IE6 show the components fairly reasonable.
>
> From my quick views the other day, the thing worst off is probably the 12
> column grid.... Breaks layout completely in IE6. (not sure why...could be
> the display: table - part for each row)
>
>
>
> Please post more in case some of you reading this has additional info on
> IE6 findings, quirks, workarounds, etc..
>
>
> Thanks for the heads up and quick responses. I hope to contribute with
> findings in case its possible for me to bridge the IE6 gap :)
>
> /Jesper
>
>
>
> On Monday, March 5, 2012 8:47:38 PM UTC+1, Bill Lazar wrote:
>
>> And that was the official answer I mentioned.
>>
>> On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Joshua Miller wrote:
>>
>> > Yea but he's asking for support on something that doesn't work with
>> > css3/html5 which bootstrap is based on. There is almost no way to even
>> > come close to getting a similar effect to what you see on modern
>> > browsers, in IE6 at all.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Bill Lazar  wrote:
>>
>> >> Not to extend a pointless discussion, since Mark gave the official
>> answer, but IIRC the OP said his app had a requirement to support IE6.
>> Whether we agree or disagree on the priority of supporting IE6 generally
>> the OP's question was asked in the context of his app's requirements.
>> >>
>> >> Bill
>> >>
>> >> On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Joshua Miller wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> 30% of 1 country isn't enough in the grand scheme of what all web
>> >>> users use. 30% out of China's total out of the whole browsing
>> >>> community isn't much. And of those who still use "ie6" very few might
>> >>> venture towards your site since most don't know any better to get
>> >>> something better....If you're going to focus on the minority we might
>> >>> as well focus on those still using firefox1 or ie2. You're presenting
>> >>> a fact in the grand scheme of developing bootstrap isn't going to mean
>> >>> a thing since it'll just be lots and lots of headaches and hacks that
>> >>> are unnesscary....
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM, tom12010  wrote:
>>
>> >>>> Please read the OP's initial post: "...(almost 30% of all chinese
>> >>>> people still use it [IE6] )..."
>> >>>> That's NOT very very few people.
>> >>>> Only an excessively biased geek with little or no real world
>> >>>> experience could fail to realize that that 30% represents several
>> >>>> million or billion people in CHINA, one of the world's most populous
>> >>>> countrues.
>> >>>> Please read forum messages more carefully.
>> >>>> That said, Bootstrap probably won't work well in IE but one might
>> >>>> could figure out how to *imitate* some of TWBS' appearance within
>> IE6.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mar 5, 12:54 pm, Joshua Miller  wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> Plus there are very very few, and rare that you encounter a user
>> still
>> >>>>> using IE6. And it's not worth the hassle to support that rare few.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> ~ Josh Miller
>> >>>
>> >>> A young guy learning to program and develop websites all while still
>> in school
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > ~ Josh Miller
>> >
>> > A young guy learning to program and develop websites all while still in
>> school
>>
>>

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