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Internet Explorer, Compatibility, and Security

By Bryan - Posted on 31 May 2009

I found a great list on the blog/news section for the ocPortal CMS, 10 IE compatibility problems that you might not have realised. While the post is related to ocPortal, the Internet Explorer compatibility issues likely will apply to any CMS viewed by the browser.

Over the year's ocProducts has maintained a private list of issues in different web browsers, and if there's one thing that is consistent it is that Internet Explorer has the majority of the problems. Sometimes they are bugs, but as you'll see from this list sometimes other browsers just do things better. I am writing this blog post not to bash Microsoft, but hopefully to provide some useful information to other web developers. Thankfully IE8 fixed a ton of problems, and I can't wait until we can ditch IE6 and IE7, but unfortunately this will inevitably be years away; never-the-less, as far as I am aware every problem here applies to IE8 as well as older versions.

I wouldn't be surprised if IE8 fixes some of the incompatibility issues that the author lists. I've been using IE8 at both home and work and have found the browser to be an improvement over IE6 and IE7. Nevertheless, I still prefer Firefox over Internet Explorer.

Now, the following rant isn't directed toward ocPortal but something that has hit a sore spot with me.

Robert Accettura: A Standards Based Future

By CMS Report - Posted on 07 March 2008

"I wonder if it’s worth some sort of cross-vendor campaign (Mozilla, Microsoft, Opera, WebKit/Apple) to get users to adopt modern browsers in a much more rapid pace. IE6 is hanging around for much longer than one would like. I suspect IE 8’s adoption won’t be very quick either. Perhaps it’s necessary for it to be combined with a GoPHP5 style campaign where older browsers are unsupported as of an arbitrary date."

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Just plain busy

By Bryan - Posted on 06 March 2007

This is a busy week for me with an all-day software load scheduled this week for my work's operational systems. Translation...you likely will not see many original posts from me for a few days. I will however continue to post some links and excerpts on CMS news items that catch my attention.

The good news, it looks like the layout issues with the Drupal theme I'm using, Zen, are finally being resolved. The layout issues were with how the theme displayed in Internet Explorer 6. No one has had time to patch and commit the changes into a new version for the theme but that will come soon. Personally, I'll be glad when all the IE 6 users upgrade to IE7. Yes, IE7 has a few issues but at least it is much more compliant to "standards" than IE6. Either way, with the IE6 layout issues resolved, I can finally start making some real changes to this theme to make it much more my own. Cheers!

Maintenance update for Mambo 4.5 series available

By Bryan - Posted on 15 February 2007

Team Mambo released Mambo 4.5.5 which is a maintenance update for the 4.5.x series of the content maintenance system. All Mambo 4.5.x users are encouraged by the project leaders to upgrade to 4.5.5 which will avoid the possibility of your site visitors experiencing display issues in IE7. Fixes in the maintenance release includes:

IE7 fixes
RSS and search engine optimization fixes
com_syndicate config parameter fixed
SQL injection fix in cancel edit functions

Mambo 4.5.5 downloads are available ~~on the MamboXchange site.~~ at SourceForge.

IE7 update available for Vista while Windows XP users wait

By Bryan - Posted on 31 January 2007

Steve Reynolds, Microsoft Internet Explorer Program Manager, announced on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Blog that an update for Internet Explorer 7 is available. The IE7 update "addresses an issue experienced by some users where CPU usage is high when they are navigating a page that contains multiple frames or when multiple frames are navigated simultaneously". If you have experienced any such performance issue, Microsoft is encouraging you to download and install the update.

While a software update is not unusual, I couldn't help but notice the following words from his post (with my own emphasis is in bold).

This update is now available on Windows Update for Windows Vista users and will be made available in February for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users. All users can download it now here along with related KB article 928089.

You can't help but wonder how much Microsoft marketing is or isn't involved in this decision. What better reason for a user to update from Windows XP to Windows Vista than the fact that security and performance updates for Windows XP will be arriving behind Microsoft's new favorite son. Sigh...

IEBlog: 100 Million IE7 Installations

By Bryan - Posted on 13 January 2007

"I’m pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more important than installations is usage. According to WebSideStory (the company we use to measure browser usage), as of this week, over 25% of all visitors to websites in the US were using IE7, making IE7 the second most used browser after IE6."

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IE Team Blog: IE Developer Toolbar Beta 3

By Bryan - Posted on 09 January 2007

"We’re happy to announce the availability of a new beta of the IE Developer Toolbar. Along with all the features available previously this release contains some new features to improve the usability and help web designers troubleshoot issues on their pages."

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