Consider conditionally loading an extra stylesheet just for IE6 (since BS supports IE7+)... have this stylesheet loaded after BS so you can overwrite styles as required.
If possible have your design responsive, and able to display neatly as a single column layout (e.g. http://www.designbyfront.com/demo/goldilocks-approach/) ... this will avoid a lot of IE margin/padding/float issues if you're only dealing with a single column. Keep client expectations low. Explain that pixel perfection isn't possible - and isn't necessary. Suggest you prompt users to install/use Google Chrome Frame http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/ (when more popular apps -by big vendors- drop IE6 support Google Chrome Frame will increase in popularity). ...I'm not sure how the JS plugins will operate... You may consider not even loading BS or it's plugin's for IE6 users.... if you're using BS correctly then you should have nice clean markup... So just set up a barebones IE6 stylesheet (something that add's just a *little* extra style on top of the default browser styling -- keep it super simple tho, you don't want to maintain this stylesheet)... heck you might even be able to set this up as your "mobile first" approach - keeping everything super basic in style (for IE6/old-mobile), then load in BS just for more capable browsers / connection speeds. Best of luck, keep us posted on your decisions. - Chris On Mar 6, 9:19 am, Phil Doughty <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
