This is an easy fix, but I thought it was worth a post anyway, in case someone comes across it.
Setting overflow: hidden on a block element does not work in IE, if width and height are not set. But, it does in other standards aware browsers.
You may come across this situation if you have an [...]
Getting Overflow Hidden to Work in IE
Repeating Background Bug in IE 6 and 7
I discovered an interesting bug that occurs in both IE 6 and 7 the other day. Actually, I had seen it before, but I had never been able to figure out a cause or a fix until now.
The bug occurs when you have a background set to no-repeat on an element with an undefined width. [...]
Bizarre Empty Div Line-height Bug in IE6
File this one under, you may have seen it before, but I ran across a very weird IE6 bug yesterday. This bug gave me a fit, and I hadn’t encountered it before, at least I don’t remember it.
The problem was an empty div with a height set to 6px. The actual height in IE6 was [...]
IE6 3 Pixel Float Bug
So I ran across a nasty bug the other day in Internet Explorer 6 that I had never seen before. The bug is when you have 2 adjacent elements and one of them is floated, IE6 adds a 3 pixel margin to the floated element. You can read about it here on Position is Everything.
I [...]
The X-UA-Compatible Situation
Just when I was excited about the fact that Microsoft is starting to talk about IE8, this happens. At the same time, A List Apart published 2 articles, Aaron Gustafson talks at length about why this was done and Eric Meyer talks about why he thinks this is a good idea. Jeffrey Zeldman chimes in [...]
Browser Testing for Internet Explorer
As a web designer, you should make sure that you test your designs across all major browsers. Here is the list of browsers you should be testing on, if you aren’t already, in no particular order.
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox
Safari
Opera
Of those 5, I find that IE6 is the one that gives me the most trouble. [...]
Internet Explorer 7: The First Year
Microsoft updated their IE blog last Friday, with a post on the one year anniversary of IE7. Most interesting to me, was this piece.
There are over 300 million users are experiencing the web with IE7. This makes IE7 the second most popular browser after IE6. IE7 is already #1 in the US and UK, and [...]
Downgrading Web Page Layouts for IE6
Lately, I have found that it is easier to allow a page to display differently in IE 6 than it is to make that page display the same way in IE6 as it does in other browsers. Think about it. Let’s say you have 4 browsers. Your page looks the same in 3 of the [...]
Browser Version Market Share for September 2007
I have been looking for a source for stats on browser marketshare, and what do you know, I’ve found it. There is a site called Market Share that apparently publishes this information on a monthly basis. So now I have some concrete information to go on. In fact you can see September 2007 browser stats [...]
Microsoft is Pushing IE7 Downloads
I keep a copy of IE6 installed for testing purposes. When I fired up IE6 this morning, it took me to this page for IE7, basically prompting me to upgrade to IE7. It seems that Microsoft is trying harder to get users of IE6 to upgrade to IE7. Ask and you shall receive.
The other day [...]