browser-compatibility

internet explorer 6 testing

Hi, Is there any way to test a website in IE6 on a computer that already has firefox and IE7 installed, without either: Using VM-ware Uninstalling IE7 and installing IE6 (if that's even possible) Cheers, Don Duplicate Possible to degrade from IE7 to IE6 for debuggin purposes? ...

How can I control Javascript execution order?

I'm having some concurrency issues with a webpage I'm building. Basically, I have three script files that I'm using to hold some data: script1.js: `var myValue = 1;` script2.js: `var myValue = 2;` script3.js: `var myValue = 3;` And I have one page, mypage.html that basically looks like this: `<html> <script> function get_num...

Can I get away with testing sites using IE8 with IE7 compatibility on?

As a developer, can I safely upgrade to IE8 and use its IE7 compatibility mode to test how sites look in IE7? For IE6, I have a virtual machine and it is quite inconvenient. I don't want to upgrade to IE8 and then have another virtual machine now for IE7. Or is IE7 compatibility mode really different and I can't rely on that? ...

How can I test my webpage using different browsers?

I just found out about the Yahoo UI Reset CSS tool/file and I'm using it on my website. On my machine I have Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3.01 and my webpage looks the same on these two browsers. A friend is using Internet Explorer 6 and the page is completely a mess. I have two questions: Am I that poor/stupid in writing CSS? How...

window.open not working when attached on onload event in chrome and safari

I want to open a new window on onload if a particular condition is satisfied works fine in all others but window is not opening in Chrome and Safari would somebody please find a way to do this Duplicate: window.open not working when attached on onload event in chrome and safari ...

is there any way to block the possibility to resize the text in a webpage using ctrl + scroller of the mouse

i guess maybe using javascript im gonna do it.... but if anybody knows a better and faster way to do it .. easily im gonna appreciate any ideas... thanks!... this is to make impossible for a user to view badly the page increasing the text or doing something like a zoom in the browsers ... ive got some QA engineers asking me that .......

Certain elements display smaller in Safari on Mac?

After fiddling around with an issue I am having I have come to this conclusion: my list Elements are displaying smaller in Safari on my Macbook than they are on Safari on my PC. IE, and Firefox are displaying properly also. What might be causing this difference? It is hindering my ability to complete this design. www.christopherbier....

Another Safari width issue with CSS

I am making this web site http://www.christopherbier.com/gbg/locations.html In safari on mac the content div is larger in width than it is in other browsers. It overlaps the right side bar bit. I am not sure how to fix this. Here is my css: #mainwrap { width:1000px; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; background-color:...

window.history.go not working

Hi All I have a button on click of which I want to go one step back using javascript. for this I am using window.history.go although this works fine in IE7 and firefox it is not working in IE6 and there is no change as the user stays on the same page. I m attaching the event to LinkButton ...

Save me from IE6

I'm getting ready to start work on a new web project for a fairly large corporation. For all their users, something like 17,000 people, they are all stuck with IE6. They plan to have everyone transitioned to IE7 by the end of the year, however the IT department is starting to push this promise back. What I've been asked to do is to gi...

Browser Compatibility testing

How do i do browser compatibility testing? Is there any particular way or checklist through which i can confirm compatibility testing on browser IE 6/7/8 is done. Let me extend my query in particular to a application : Let us assume a web application is tested in IE6 (Approx 5000 Test Cases) Now i need to check the application compat...

3 pixels extra space in IE6

Could someone please work out what's happening here, and how I could fix it? I'm testing this page in IE6, IE7, FF and Chrome, and it works in everything but IE6. In that, there is a small gap between the edge of the chickens picture and the div it's in. I hate IE6. ...

Get Specific Version of IE

Anyone know of a way to get your hands on a specific version of IE? Specifically, I am doing browser compatibility and originally developed for IE 6.0.3790.3959 (which most of our users have). Some of our employees that have IE 6.0.2900.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236 are having issues with some of our custom Javascript animation effects. I ...

Problem with javascript (jQuery). Works in firefox but not in IE

Hi! I have a problem with a site I am working on, available here. The javascript on the site works as inteded when browsed with firefox. In IE7, however, the javascript does not even get executed. As I am new to javascript I suspect that I am probably doing an obvious mistake somewhere in the code. Any help is appreciated! ...

Javascript for Google Chrome detecting & Enable javascript in Google Chrome

hi all, My application's JavaScript is working on Firefox and IE but it is not working in Google Chrome. Is it problem of enable javascript in Google chrome? or I must put any code in javascript for getting XMLHttpRequest Object of Google chrome browser. ...

Iframe problem with IE6 & IE7

Hi all, I'm experiencing difficulties getting my iframe to display correctly in IE6 & IE7. www.e-g-t.nl I think IE has the height of the iframe stretched to far beyond the 400px height I set it to be, and the content is vertically centered. I'm not an expert at css or html for that matter and don't seem to get it right. In IE8 though, ...

Browser compatibility between IE6 and IE7

I'm developing a project in which I need to change the language according to the flag I click using AJAX. It's working fine in IE7 but it shows an error when I run it in IE6. <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; <script language="javascript"> google.load("lang...

Can we use CSS 2.1 selectors in practice?

The main culprit behind this question is of course IE6, (almost) everybody agrees that a website should support IE6 since it is used by more than 15% of the visitors (for Yahoo it is still an A-Graded browser). IE6 doesn't support CSS 2.1, so can we use CSS 2.1 selectors in our stylesheets? Let me give an example: <body> <div class...

Button inside of anchor link works in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer?

Everything else in my site seems to be compatible with all browsers except for my links. They appear on the page, but they do not work. My code for the links are as follows- <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="370" valign="top" width="165"> <p><a href="sc3.html"><button style="width:120;height:25">Super Chem #3</button></a> <a href="91hol...

What is the correct way to deal with css browser compatibility?

Is it better to have a different CSS file for each user-agent or is it better to use CSS Hacks that only certain browsers can see? ...