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File Upload changes between IE6/7 and IE8 on .NET

I've just created an upload page on an ASP.NET MVC application using the standard HTML for file uploading and it's working great using FireFox, IE8, Chrome, and Opera but it won't work for IE6 or IE7. Anybody know of any differences in IE6/7 that could be causing this to fail? ...

Why don't people just stop developing sites to cater to IE6?

I don't understand why developers continue to program things to accommodate IE6. People should update the browser they use, right? I've already seen many firms completely stop developing for IE6, with a big article on their front page stating their update recommendations. What are your reasons to continue developing for this buggy old ...

IE6 UpdatePanel Must move mouse to refresh after async call

So we are using IE6, and can not migrate to any other browser. So our application is having issues where after we have a postback inside our updatepanel. The browser looks like its resetting the DOM, one select box kind of jumps up a little, but then it freezes for 10-20 seconds, then the page gets updated. Now if we move the mouse it is...

AJAX calls randomly timing out in IE6/7?

Some of my AJAX calls in IE6 and IE7 seem to randomly time out. It doesn't happen in any of the other browsers. Posting code won't be of much help, because it literally happens in three or four different places where the functions and code are completely different. Has anyone else experienced this issue before? ...

IE 6 strange problem background bullet only shown on mouse while hover is not applied?

in IE6 background image only shows if we mouse over on the link otherwise not #tbaContentContainer P A:link { font-size:1em; background: url(~/media/images/e/experian/images/content/arrow.ashx) no-repeat -2px 5px ; color: red; text-indent: 15px;position:relative} Attached here is a screenshot for more information. Can someone pleas...

What is haslayout?

I've read some article on it but didn't get what is actually. can anyone on SO explain me. Is it only related to IE6 only? What does zoom:1? Is layout is a IE only TAG? Edit: I found this info very informative for me Because Internet Explorer is so old (as it was one of the first browsers available), it hasn’t had the luxury...

Solve IE6 static content caching issues on IIS6

I'm currently experiencing problems with static content - most noticeably jQuery datepicker images, but also other static files - which results in images/static content loaded many times - I can clearly see it in IE6 status bar (not to mention SLOW rendering). The problem and possible solutions seems to be described here: http://www.exp...

javascript "Export to Microsoft Excel" in IE6

When right-licking on a HTML page in IE6 (our company standard), there is an option "Export to Microsoft Excel". Can this option be fired via javascript? ...

Layout issues in IE 6.0

Im having some issues with my layout in IE6 (corporate business, ideally id tell them to shove ie6 :P) Link to the site is http://www.clickcommercial.co.uk Ive just applied the twinhelix png fix method and that "appears" to have worked ok - but I was under the impression it should fix the issue with repeat backgrounds? As you can see,...

PNG tranparency help in ie6!!

hi!! i've a problem with png transparency in IE6.. below is the code which needs to be fixed <input type="image" alt="rtf" src="/components/i/images/icons/rtf.png"/> i saw some posts on this forum but i can't understand clearly.. can anyone walk me through the process of fixing it? thankx.. ...

VBScript “Export to Microsoft Excel” in IE6

When right-licking on a HTML page in IE6 (our company standard), there is an option "Export to Microsoft Excel". Can this option be fired via embedded VBScript? ...

css sprites in IE6

I'm using the following code for star rating. The code works fine in firefox but it sucks (as usual) in IE6. The stars doesn't even show up in IE6, though they work perfectly. it uses sprites to display the stars. Also, I've fixed the PNG transparency issue with IE6. <div id="ajaxratemasuga"><div class="ratingblock"> <ul style="widt...

CSS sprite based rollover blinks in IE6

I'm using the CSS based rollover "trick" that switches the background position of the element's background image on hover. The CSS #welcome #step1 {background: transparent url(../img/mock/homepage_welcome_step1.png) no-repeat scroll left top;} #welcome #step1:hover {background: transparent url(../img/mock/homepage_welcome_step1.png) ...

jQuery Overflow Problem in IE7 IE6

Hi, I'm trying to create a nice scroller where the text scrolls up, like: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitle...

Why doesn't this JavaScript run in Firefox?

It certainly runs on IE6. Why doesn't this JavaScript run in Mozilla Firefox? <html> <head> <title>JavaScript Popup Example 3</title> </head> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.2"> function MyClass() { this.OpenWindow = function() { var r = window.open ('', 'mywindow', 'location=1,status=1,scrollbars=1,width=100,height=100'...

Determine whether AJAX is possible?

I've a scenario where a client's internet explorer 6 browser does not allow instantances of activex controls to be created rendering ajax inoperable in jquery. This also pops a warning at the top of the user's browser. Is there anyway to detect that ActiveX is available without generating any warnings for the user? I'd like to use aj...

Using Javascript to 'sum selected cells' in IE6

In excel it is possible to highlight a range of cells and view the 'sum' in the 'status bar'. Can this be done in IE6 using Javascript and a HTML table ? ...

Removing options from select in IE6

Hey all, I'm attempting to repopulate a drop down menu. I'm making an ajax call to retrieve myList. When I have the new list, I remove all the options from the select element and insert the new values (about 100 options). This works great on later versions of IE and Firefox; the refresh is almost instant. However, on IE6, these oper...

IE6 dropping session information when moving from .aspx to .asp page

So this is the problem: We have an application that has both .asp and .aspx pages. When a user is browsing to the site using IE6, there is a possibility that the page will drop the session and the user gets an or the login page. This doesn't happen all of the time; only sometimes. But I have only been able to replicate on IE6. Sometim...

piped list using borders

Greetings, I'm used to implementing piped links (in an un-ordered list) and implementing the pipes using a 1px solid border to one side of each list item. However, I've encountered a problem with the above implementation while attempting to accommodate a request to make the border's height shorter than that of the text. In effort to do...