You could use the HTML5 Boilerplate <http://html5boilerplate.com/> to target the problem areas if you really want to bother with all that r igmarole.
<!doctype html public "✰"> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]--> <!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]--> <head> -- Phil Doughty *T*: +971 50 8879936 *E*: [email protected] On 5 March 2012 23:47, Bill Lazar <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > >
