browser-compatibility

What modernizer scripts exist for the new ECMAScript 5 functions?

ECMAScript 5 has quite a few nice additions. John Resig has a good overview here. Here is a good ECMAScript 5 compatibility table. A lot of this stuff can be "faked" for browsers that don't support these functions yet. Do you know of any scripts that can do this? I'm particularly interested in Object.create. For example, Douglas Crock...

What are practical pros to have Doctype DTD as a first element in our (X)HTML file?

What are benefits to have Doctype DTD as a first element in our (X)HTML file? What is their role in web development and browser (Desktop and Mobile both) compatibility? What are cons to not to use any Doctype? Are all browser does affected from Doctype? ...

Weird resizing in every browser except IE

I've been coding my site and it looks perfect in IE 8 but when I view it in Safafi, Chrome, and Firefox. Everything is unexplicably smaller. How do I make the webpage look normal like it does in the IE 8 browser? My site is at : http://www.jjosephs.byethost22.com/visibility/fixed/index_2.htm I've been messing with he code for days now ...

A good link explaining why browser sniffing is bad

Sometimes I visit a website with Chrome and get a message that I need to use one of the supported browsers to access the site. It really pisses me off (latest one: http://www.retailroadshow.com). Anyone knows a link that explains why it is bad and what is the correct way to handle those things? I want to send it to them ... Thanks ...

Loading PDF in IFrame in IE6 and IE7

Hello, I am loading a PDF inside of an IFrame inside of a popup window. I have the PDF loading correctly in IE6 and IE7 - however there is an issue I am trying to solve. When I load the PDF in the IFrame within IE7, and I resize the window from the right side of the window horizontally, the PDF does not scale down the window will resi...

Develop a website for an iPhone without having iPhone/Mac

Hi, I need to develop a website which will be used exclusively on iPhone and iPad. I don't have those devices, neither do I have a Mac. What are the possible free solutions for me to be able to test the website during development? The most obvious one would be to use an iPhone SDK, but since it costs $100/year but since it is availabl...

Which solution of CSS3 Box radius emulation for IE is Quickest in rendering ?

There are many JavaScript, .htc, jQuery solution available to make round corner in IE 6,7,8. http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_roundies/ (It does not work in IE 8) http://www.htmlremix.com/css/curved-corner-border-radius-cross-browser http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/CSS-Rounded-Corners.shtml http://blue-anvil.com/jquerycurvycorners/...

What is a good way to rewrite ActiveX functionality?

All of the internal web pages at the place I work were designed and built specifically for IE 6, but now they want me to research what it would take to move to Firefox and Safari and other major browsers... and ActiveX does not work in Firefox. So what would be a good way to take what is currently the ActiveX functionality and totally ...

is it possible to select element with specific content or attribute in CSS?

Is it possible to select element with specific content? for example in #footer i have multiple so i can't use #footer > a {} can i select only that <a> if #footer has <a herf="#header">Top of Page</a>, but not all <a> Is there any cross-browser way to select like this? ...

How to solve browser compatability problems.

I had created a website for my personal use.I was working with Mozilla firefox.But when i moved to IE7 , the entire site was lost. The structure and all its alignments has gone. So please help me to solve this issue. thanks/- ...

If I force IE 8's Developer Tools to be "Browser Mode: IE 8" and "Document Mode: IE 7 Standards", is it now IE 7 or IE 8?

If I serve a page using <meta content='IE=EmulateIE7' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'> using HTML 4.01 strict, and load this page into IE 8, then the IE 8's Developer Tools shows that it is using: Browser Mode: IE 8 Document Mode: IE 7 Standards Well then, is IE 8 using partly IE 8 engine and partly IE 7 engine? Which part is IE ...

GWT FocusPanel, tab key and focus handlers

I'm implementing a custom widget extending Composite and implementing Focusable and HasFocusHandlers. The widget contains two widgets in a panel that I wrap into a FocusPanel that I use to initialize the widget. My constructor looks something like that: public CustomBox() { panel = new VerticalPanel(); ... panel.add(caption...

Is it too early to use HTML5

I was wondering if it it too early to use HTML5 for a production site. Should I rather wait 6-12 months until users have updated to compatible html5 browsers? This leads me to, how far back does the browsers support HTML5? ...

which browser to start with? IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari?

We all know the difference rendering on different browsers and various support for styles and other things on different browsers. While start developing a site, which browser would be optimal to start and then to proceed with convincing other browsers by various methods. For e.g. Is it ok to start with IE and then do the necessary chan...

is it ok to use different css files for different browsers and load it accordingly

I am getting rid of browser compatibilty issues. so i come up with idea to load the only css according to browser. So say if user uses IE then only styleIE.css get loaded if firefox styleFF get loaded and so on. my question is it correct method if not what care should taken to avoid this compatibilty issues. because when i solve issue...

Flex app behaves differently on Chrome, Firefox

My Flex app seems to have different frame rates in Chrome and Firefox. I have a preloader that is essentially a splash screen that fades away with a Timer, and it is this part that has the noticeable frame rate difference--it fades away faster in Firefox. The odd thing is that any Timers I'm using in the rest of the app seem to behave un...

Which border radius property will work in IE9?

In IE9, which border radius property will work? border-radius:20px -webkit-border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; border-radius:20px or ms-border-radius:20px ...

What is the difference between "All browser compatibility" and "Cross browser compatibility"?

What is the difference between "All browser compatible" and "Cross browser compatible"? What is the means "Cross" is it means different OS? Can we say for any site that it is cross browser compatible, if it's working fine on Desktop version of IE 7, 8 FF 3+ , Safari 3+? or cross browser means all latest and Ancient browser on all OS a...

Which Javascript solution(Not .htc) can really make Antialiased round corner in IE7 and 8?

Which JavaScript solution (Not .htc) can really make Anti aliased round corner in IE7 and 8 like CSS3 gives in supported browsers? I tried many http://www.ruzee.com/blog/ruzeeborders/ http://blue-anvil.com/archives/anti-aliased-rounded-corners-with-jquery/ http://www.curvycorners.net/ All are claiming to give anti aliased corner bu...

How to get width of <li> stretched to available space in parent <ul> in IE7?

How to get width of <li> stretched to available space in parent <ul> in IE7? In IE 8 and FF Drop-down coming like this which is OK but in IE 7 it's coming like this Edit: 5 july I added live example here see this in IE7 How to get same result like IE8 and FF in IE 7. I don't want to give fixed width to <ul> and <li> This is ...