Comments on: Internet Explorer Bites http://zipymonkey.com/scientist/2006/08/06/internet-explorer-bites/ moderately useless commentary on the World as I see it Tue, 22 May 2012 05:38:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Z.Monkey http://zipymonkey.com/scientist/2006/08/06/internet-explorer-bites/#comment-24 Z.Monkey Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:22:04 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/scientist/2006/08/06/internet-explorer-bites/#comment-24 In case you are wondering IE really is not standards compliant. [<a href="http://www.idealog.us/2006/08/microsoft_drops.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a>] <blockquote cite="http://www.idealog.us/2006/08/microsoft_drops.html"> CSS 2.1 standard support: IE 6: 52% IE 7: 54% Firefox 1.5: 93% Opera 8.5: 93% Opera 9: 96% </blockquote> Standard compliance is good because it makes it easier for people like the Scientist and I to create a nice look for our pages. (i.e. design a page once, not twice) The most annoying problem is the <a href="http://tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html" rel="nofollow">box model hack</a> that needs to be done to make ie work. I think this is one of the problems the Scientist is having with her blog. In case you are wondering IE really is not standards compliant. [Link]

CSS 2.1 standard support:
IE 6: 52%
IE 7: 54%
Firefox 1.5: 93%
Opera 8.5: 93%
Opera 9: 96%

Standard compliance is good because it makes it easier for people like the Scientist and I to create a nice look for our pages. (i.e. design a page once, not twice) The most annoying problem is the box model hack that needs to be done to make ie work. I think this is one of the problems the Scientist is having with her blog.

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