Internet Exploder 7

I installed IE7 in Parallels, and proceeded to check if this blog’s theme renders ok. There was an issue with H2.0‘s fixed footer.

The new CSS code is:

#footer { /* for IE6 */
  position: absolute;
  top: expression(
    ( 0 - footer.offsetHeight +
      ( document.documentElement.clientHeight ?
        document.documentElement.clientHeight :
        document.body.clientHeight ) +
      ( ignoreMe =
        document.documentElement.scrollTop ?
        document.documentElement.scrollTop :
        document.body.scrollTop )
    ) + 'px' );
}
div[id=footer] { /* for real browsers */
  position: fixed !important;
  top:auto !important;
  bottom:0;
}

Hopefully this maintains compatibiliy with IE6. I got a standalone testing browser from evolt’s archive – this sort of works for checking box-model stuff, but advanced hacks like IE’s Alpha filter are broken.

One thought on “Internet Exploder 7

  1. I’ve been trying internet explorer 7 for a week now, and it’s still a pain to have it swallow modern css techniques…
    When will they ever learn?
    As a web developer developing custom CMS, i have on all my CMS footers a link strongly advising to use firefox in case of issues. I probably have converted 50 or so people since.
    If one webdeveloper converts 50 people, why IE team does not make us happier with their product?

    On the other hand Firefox 2 is a real pleasure…

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