I had an application running on IE7, then, after the release of IE8, I could migrate my application to view with IE8.
Now IE 9 is already happened. What are the tips and tricks to migrate my application to IE9 ? I did a workaround, but I am not satisfied with it. I use the following to set the Document mode to IE 7.
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
What are the best ways to handle with IE 9 ?
The gap between elements are widened in IE9 ? How can I modify my site to work well in IE7, IE8 and IE9 ?
The application looks fine in IE7 and IE8. Did Microsoft forget about backward compatibility ?
I gather that your application does not render properly in IE9? You seem to be looking for a "quick fix" to make your application keep rendering the same as it did in IE7 without having to make any significant changes. Such a trick/hack may exist (I don't know), but I'd recommend against it. Eventually you're going to have to update your web app to work with modern browsers -- why not do it now? IE9 is by far the most standards-compliant version of IE, and you would benefit in the long run by making your web app render correctly in IE9 without any "pretend to be IE7" tricks.
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I have a weird problem with webfonts rendering on IE11 (v11.0.9600.17631) windows 8.1 pro.
I am using both an iconmoon produced iconset and 2 typekit fonts (proxima nova and rooney) and nothing is rendered using these.
I have tried so many things but nothing seems to do the job. Tried a dozen tweaks on my css, also a number of google webfonts, generated a couple of tests through fontsquirrel. Nothing works.
It doesn't look like i am having CORS issues, on several of these tests fonts are on the same directory as the application i am building.
I managed to get it to work by disabling protected mode in Internet Options > Security, which i understand its turned on by default.
Anybody faces similar issues? This is so disappointing.
Your problem may be in the browsers emulation mode (Compatibility View). Force the UserAgent for IE by including this as the first metatag:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
x-ua-compatible ie-compatibility-mode
I have a web site and IE8, IE9, and IE10 always worked great using IE=EmulateIE7 mode in HTTP header response from IIS/7, but this mode does not seem to render properly in IE11.
The page does not render or behave properly in IE11, although it works fine in EmulateIE7 mode in IE8 through IE10.
If I open F12 tools on IE11, I see the document mode is "7."
The only way to make IE11 working properly is adding manualy the domain to compatibility view mode, then it works great; but we cannot ask all users to manually activate compatibility view for our domains.
How is possible to force IE11 to render as IE7 without adding the domain to the list of compatibility web sites ?
Many thanks to any help !!!
I've been working on this the last few days and there's some bad news, it works, but in order to make it work, the user must add the URL/Domain of your site to the "Compatibility View Settings" of IE 11.
In other words, you can't force the browser to render in compatibility mode without the explicit acceptance of the user.
You will find how to configure it here:
www.windows8core.com/how-to-view-and-configure-compatibility-settings-in-internet-explorer-11-of-windows-8-1/
I have been able to get this to work if I add the X-UA-Compatible header in IIS itself. Not sure why it doesn't work when added to web.config
I am finding that IE8 renders web pages differently based on Browser mode despite Document mode always being set the same. Is this an IE8 bug?
Background is:
A corporate intranet being viewed by IE8 (part of the SOE).
Display Intranet sites in compatibility mode is ticked in compatibility settings.
I am forcing document mode for my intranet pages by using the meta tag approach: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
This results in Browser mode set to IE8 Compat, and Document mode set to IE8 Standards.
So far this has all been good, no issues whatsoever, pages layout as I expect, etc etc.
Just recently some functionality was added (I won't say what at this stage - the question is about page rendering modes) and the page is laying out incorrectly. Changing the Browser mode to IE8 in Developer Toolbar (or unticking in Compatibility View Settings) fixes the layout issues. This surprised me as the Document mode is unchanged.
So to re-cap the combinations:
Broswer Mode=IE8 Compat, Document Mode=IE8 Standards [broken]
Broswer Mode=IE8, Document Mode=IE8 Standards [works]
The document mode is the same, the only thing changing is the browser mode. I thought the document mode is the only thing that should affect page rendering, and that browser mode only affects, basically, the UA string sent in the request. Am I correct, or do I have it wrong? If I am correct then once document mode is determined then browser mode should have no affect at all on rendering. Is this a bug in IE8? Or am I wrong? Does the browser mode affect rendering even if the same document mode is used?
Limitations:
I have no control over unticking Display intranets in compatibility view in compatibility view settings for all our users (corporate intranet, we have other legacy apps, too much testing to make sure they all work in Standards mode, would never get approval to make that type of global change).
I have no option to upgrade browser for all users. We only just finished a 6+ month project upgrading from IE6 to IE8.
I realise this is a very old question, but in case it helps anyone:
According to this answer to the question IE8 browser mode vs document mode, browser mode does "just" set the User-Agent string. However, since this value is used when evaluating IE conditional comments, the browser mode can have an effect on rendering if (a) any code tests directly against the UA string, or (b) there are IE conditional comments in the code.
A browser mode of IE8 Compat would normally evaluate to a UA string of MSIE 7.0, so if you have any conditional comments checking for if lt IE8, for example, that could be the source of your issue.
I have a website that doesn't work in IE8, due to a ton of issues.
Apparently, some people don't understand. There is no way my site will ever work natively in IE8.
MY GAME WILL NEVER WORK NATIVELY IN IE VERSION EIGHT.
As a workaround, I want to place a Java applet on it that simulates a browser. This way, people - 25.8% of people - can see my site in IE8 by viewing the site through the applet.
Basically, it would work something like the emulator at http://www.opera.com/developer/tools/mini/ - except not Opera Mini.
Thus: Are there any emulators that I can put on my site that emulate other browsers? They could be JS/HTML5, Java, Flash, whatever.
{Opera Mini doesn't work with my site - so unfortunately this otherwise perfect example from Opera doesn't work, but any of the current versions of the Big 5 (IE, Chrome, FF, Opera, Safari) would work with my site flawlessly.}
I am about to wrap up the implementation for my first ExtJS based application. But I am facing a weird issue at this point.
I am using ASP.net at the server and then ExtJS at the client. I noticed that, If I run this project from Visual Studio Debugger then it works nice, and in that case my browser URL was set to
http://localhost/MyApp/Home.aspx
But As soon as I open a new browser and hit
http://MyWorkStationName/MyApp/Home.aspx
it behaves slightly different.
For instance, some Button Shapes are not rendered properly.
Can any body give me a clue how can I debug this issue. basically how the style can be influenced by the machine name vs localhost in URL ?
Thanks in advance!
I too had the same issue.
This is due to the compatibility issue in ie8. go to tools->compatibility View Settings
uncheck "Display intranet sites in Compatibility view.
In local host or when we run from VS. It is not in Compatibility mode. And works fine in ie or in FF. But as soon as we change the local host to hostname/machinename it is going to compatibility view(default setting).
Jquery drag and drop functionality was also creating some problem. when it was running in compatibility view.
Use this first in header: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9">
You can use Firebug or IE Developer tools to debug the css ( >= IE 8 preferably if Firefox is not an option.).