browser-compatibility

Best way to fix CSS/JS drop-down problem in IE7 when page includes Google Map

I have a page using < ul > lists for navigation (Javascript changes the styling to display or not on mouseover). This is working fine for me except in IE6 and IE7 when I have a Google Map on the page. In this case the drop-down simply does not work. However, the page continues to work in FireFox 2. I have done a little bit of research...

JavaScript's document.write Inline Script Execution Order

I have the following script, where the first and third document.writeline are static and the second is generated: <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> document.write("<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript' src='before.js'><\/sc" + "ript>"); document.write("<script language='javascript' type='text/javascrip...

Which browsers support page break manipulation using CSS and the page-break-inside element?

I'm trying to use the page-break-inside CSS directive, the class of which is to be attached to a div tag or a table tag (I think this may only work on block elements, in which case it would have to be the table). I've tried all the tutorials that supposedly describe exactly how to do this, but nothing works. Is this an issue of browser ...

Typical pitfalls of cross-browser compatibility

What are the most common browser compatibility issues across the major desktop browsers? No dups please. Up-vote problems you've run into. I'm hoping for the list to self-sort. "IE sux" is not a pitfall, but a call for down-vote. [Edit] Yes, I know it's a poll - I'm not posting answers in this to gather points - I'm actually interested...

Color differences between images and html

I'm having issues with color matching css background colors with colors in images on the same html page. What gives? ...

JQuery/Javascript: IE hover doesn't cover select box options?

Hi All, I have this bit of script to widen a text box on mouseover and shorten it on mouseoff. The problem I am having is that Internet Explorer doesn't seem to extend it's hover over the options of a select box. This means in IE I can click the select, have the options drop down, but if I try to select one, they vanish and the select...

My blog doesn't display properly with Internet Explorer

I am sure this is easy stuff for all the readers of this website but this kind of problem is difficult for me. I have a website http://www.areacatracha.com that doesn't show up properly in Internet Explorer. Other browser display it normally. Can anyone help me? Any suggestions about how to start fixing these kinds of cross-browser...

Regular expressions: Differences between browsers

I'm increasingly becoming aware that there must be major differences in the ways that regular expressions will be interpreted by browsers. As an example, a co-worker had written this regular expression, to validate that a file being uploaded would have a PDF extension: ^(([a-zA-Z]:)|(\\{2}\w+)\$?)(\\(\w[\w].*))(.pdf)$ This works in In...

debug Intranet ASP.NET Applications for Safari

Hello, I have an asp.net intranet application for booking jobs and a phone index. Now most of my users are fine as they are using Firefox and or Internet Explorer. I have a user who can only use Safari and for some reason when we navigate to the intranet app, Safari seems to do a lot of loading then finally says; "Safari could not open...

css overflow in a:hover tag

I have an image(a map) with some points of interest placed using position: absolute and the coordinates of each poi. I want it to expand the info of each POI on mouseover using: .poi a { width: 32px; height: 32px; overflow: hidden } .poi a:hover { width: 128px; height: 192px; overflow: auto } This works fine ...

Display a Message When a Browser is Unsupported

I want to warn users of Internet Explorer 6 using my site, that IE6 has had serious compatibility issues with my site in the past. What is the best way to do this? Ideally, I want to have a message appear (not a new window, but a message box, if possible) that warns IE6 users of the issues and reccommends they update to either IE7, Fire...

Should small companies code their sites to support Chrome?

Hi, I work on small sites for tanning salons and stuff. We don't support active x specific stuff on IE, and we support FF. I've noticed some weird behavior with chrome. My broswer stats say <1% of my visitors use chrome. I've heard people say it's nowhere near best in class. But, I like the way everything runs in it's own process and s...

How do you feel about including ie7.js or ie8.js in your page?

See here: http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/ Does anyone have any experience or remarks about this javascript? Is it worth including? Do you recommend it? ...

How does Google Chrome affect product owners developing web apps?

If my app has been tested in Firefox 3, Safari 3 & IE 7 will it need additional testing for Chrome? If there are areas that'll need further testing -- then are there any online guides I could share with my designers & developers? At what point will Chrome be considered to have sufficient market share to be treated as a mainstream brows...

How best to get the user's browser information and settings for debugging purposes?

My problem is that I have a user that is having a problem displaying a portion of website I am creating, but I am unable to reproduce it on any of my browsers, even with the same version of the browser. What I'm looking for is probably a website that I can send the user to which will tell me what version of the browser they are running ...

How do you handle cross-browser compatibility testing?

Working for a small web design/development firm, we're sometimes tasked, by clients, who are unwilling to budge on their browser compatability list. Any given project could need to be tested against some combination of IE 6, 7 & 8, Firefox 2 & 3, Opera, Safari & Chrome running on OS X, Windows XP, Vista or Linux. Since the bulk of deve...

What the typical viewport size on a 1024x768 screen?

I am designing a web application, and I wish to know the largest size (x and y) that I can design for. As of January 2008, about half of users are using 1024x278 screens, and probably less than 10% are using smaller screens. (Phone and palmtop users are an exception here.) So we are designing for minimum screen size of 1024x768. Howeve...

debugging javascript for IE6

firebug is quite useful tool that I can't think myself living without it. I also downloaded the js file that helps you get similar functionality when using IE6 hoping it would help me resolve some issues, however, the messages I receive are not quite friendly such as: "Expected ':' (default2.aspx,16)" - on line 16 there is nothing that ...

IE7 minimizes on clicking links

I am developing this website for a client. It was working fine till a couple of days ago on all major browsers. Since yesterday I have been facing this unusual problem: In IE7, whenever I click on any link on the page (navigation link or anything else), the IE7 window minimizes. When I restore the window, the proper link(the new page)...

AJAX browser-dependent limit on length of data sent? (SAJAX)

EDIT: now the question becomes, how do I tell Sajax to use POST instead of GET? I've tried some examples from google but they are sketchy, and as I said, they didn't work. I know, we're all jQuery nuts around here. I've used the following code to try and find a limit to the amount of data that can be sent to the server via an ajax cal...