Re: [Treebase-devel] Incompatibility with Internet Explorer 7

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On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Rutger Vos wrote:

> I did some checking and fixing to make the static pages all xhtml
> compliant. Can we all do that right away when we create html in the
> jsps? I know we all pretty much know the rules, but the number of
> validation errors in the recently created pages was horrendous :-)
> 
> I fixed the analysis page such that it functions and looks the way
> it's supposed to in IE8, but I have no way to check IE7.
> 
> I also added the functionality where all but the last analysis is
> collapsed by default.

Thanks for the fix. 

I found a Parallels VM with IE6 on it, so I was able to test that. Then I downloaded IE7 and tested that. IE8 wouldn't install, so I used an emulator (http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage). 

Here are the damages:

* None of the IE versions can work with our analysis entry forms (the current build -- not yours, obviously)

* IE6 and IE7 throw exceptions for almost all of our search buttons (the barf below is from entering a name and clicking the "Author" button -- I guess it's passing 'Study ID' instead of 'authorKeyword' button -- or something like that). 

* IE8 works on most buttons but fails on the "Discard All Results" buttons (on all tabs)

Since IE 6-7-8 browsers represent 35% of the market (the latest stats: IE8, 15%; IE6/7, 20%; Firefox, 47%; Chrome, 12%; Safari, 3.8%) I guess we have to address these -- at least for IE8. Will xhtml compliance bring us up to snuff with IE? 

bp

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