jquery noConflict not working in IE8 only

Question

I have a website using the prootype framework and I am looking to use a jquery plugin. Everything works just not in IE8. It works in ie7 which amazes me. Any idea what maybe wrong?

IE8 gives me object doesnt support this property or method where line jQuery.noConflict(); is

<script src="/my/docs/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/my/docs/jquery.simplyscroll.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery.noConflict();
function OpenUp(sURL){
  window.open(sURL,null,'height=560,width=820,status=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes',false); 
}
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 $("head").append("<link>");
 css = $("head").children(":last");

 css.attr({
   rel:  "stylesheet",
   type: "text/css",
   href: "/my/docs/jquery.simplyscroll.css"
     });

     $("#scroller").simplyScroll({
       autoMode: 'loop',
       framerate: 1,
       speed: 1
     });
});
</script>

I also tired the following: var $j = jQuery.noConflict(); var j = jQuery.noConflict();

everythig works just not in IE8 alone.

Answer 1

Ive had a simular problem in the past and worked around it by using the emulate ie7 meta tag

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

Im not sure if this is the best work around though.

Answer 2

I've had strange problems in the past with IE8 on machines with multiple versions of IE installed. In my case an error was popping when I tried to open a link in a new window via javascript. The same code worked fine on IE6 and 7, and a machine with only IE8 installed ran it fine as well.

Answer 3

This is an issue I also discovered. The way I fixed it was to upgrade my jQuery to 1.4. Version 1.3.2 fails with newer prototype on IE8. Sorry this answer is late.