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window.onresize hangs IE6 and IE7

Another bug that I've not seen before that caused some confusion. Actually, the bug almost makes sense, except that it leaves IE6 and IE7 completely hanging.

When should we stop caring about IE6?

Microsoft's bastard child needs your love, but surely not forever? Simon raises a point that even though IE8 is on it's way - due to IE6's market share, IE8 is almost good for nothing. I don't agree.

IE8 hands on: a developer's view

Microsoft this week announced that they had reversed their decision on the whole backward rendering fiasco, and today released details of their plans for IE8. I think Microsoft have earned themselves a hearty pat on the back, and perhaps even a nicely baked brownie and a cuppa tea. Assuming they deliver on what they're promising. The [...]

When links in ULs don't work in IE

In redesigning my business web site: Left Logic I came across a particularly frustrating bug that took me a good deal of time to find the source of. Since I couldn't find any info out it on the Internet, I thought it would be worth posting. IE, both IE6 and IE7, in the following example, [...]

Performance profiling JavaScript

Firebug has a great built in JavaScript performance profiling tool, but it's not supported in IE and sadly that's what the bulk of Internet users browse with. In particular, IE profiling is something of a dark art. There's not a lot of resource available to profile that I could find that was particularly [...]

How to get cookies working in IE6 stand alone

IE is the biggest player in the browser land, and as much as I hate to do so, I have to test everything in IE. Now since IE7 is picking up ground, testing is done in both IE6 and IE7. So, I upgraded to IE7, and downloaded and use a stand alone version IE6. [...]

Firebug in IE for *any* web site

As a web developer, I'm constantly using Firebug, but when it comes to testing in IE it's a nightmare if there's any bugs. Firebug does provide a 'lite' version, but you have to have in it in every page you want to debug. Well, not anymore.