Site barely readable in IE 6
by Matt Kronyak · in Site Feedback · 04/07/2009 (3:57 pm) · 4 replies
At work we are restricted to using IE 6 unfortunately (the main reason is we have a big expensive SAP solution that is apparently incompatible with any browser other than IE6). Since the launch of the new GarageGames.com site there have been misc ableit superficial problems with the way things are displayed but they are tolerable.
The recent site update (today?) makes it so that it is impossible to see who made a comment in a blog, forum post or resource. There is a button that creates a drop down of all the products owned by the poster as well as linking to their various posts/blogs/resources, but the name of the poster is no longer visible at all.
BTW the enhancement to the {code} tags look great!
The recent site update (today?) makes it so that it is impossible to see who made a comment in a blog, forum post or resource. There is a button that creates a drop down of all the products owned by the poster as well as linking to their various posts/blogs/resources, but the name of the poster is no longer visible at all.
BTW the enhancement to the {code} tags look great!
#2
1. Start regedit.exe.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
3. Double-click Use StyleSheets (or create this value of type String if it doesn't exist).
4. To allow style sheets, set StyleSheets to yes; to disallow, set it to no.
5. Click OK.
6. Close regedit.
7. Restart Internet Explorer (IE).
Granted this will make web sites look like they were archived from 1990, but you'll at least be able to see everything.
The news around town is that with IE8, Microsoft will finally start conforming to w3c standards, instead of doing their own thing. I'll have to see that first to believe it.
04/11/2009 (8:04 pm)
It's a problem with Microsoft not conforming to CSS/Web standards (shocking isn't it?). With other browsers, such as Firefox, you can turn off style sheets by going to View -> Page Style -> No Style. Unfortunately, the process for IE users is more complicated, requiring users to edit their Windows registries (not recommended).1. Start regedit.exe.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
3. Double-click Use StyleSheets (or create this value of type String if it doesn't exist).
4. To allow style sheets, set StyleSheets to yes; to disallow, set it to no.
5. Click OK.
6. Close regedit.
7. Restart Internet Explorer (IE).
Granted this will make web sites look like they were archived from 1990, but you'll at least be able to see everything.
The news around town is that with IE8, Microsoft will finally start conforming to w3c standards, instead of doing their own thing. I'll have to see that first to believe it.
#3
IE8 came out last week actually. They support both (more) strict W3C standards mode, and a backwards compatibility mode for sites that used IE work arounds in the past that might not look right.
IE8 is a nice improvement over IE7 (much faster) and obviously better than IE6.
04/11/2009 (8:19 pm)
@D.L.IE8 came out last week actually. They support both (more) strict W3C standards mode, and a backwards compatibility mode for sites that used IE work arounds in the past that might not look right.
IE8 is a nice improvement over IE7 (much faster) and obviously better than IE6.
#4
Shows how much I pay attention to Internet Explorer - lol. I'll have to take a look at it from a web developer perspective, but will probably stick to using Firefox for personal use (sort of like how I have Vista installed merely for development purposes but boot into XP for everything else... or use the Mac).
Thanks for the heads up. :)
04/11/2009 (9:47 pm)
@MattShows how much I pay attention to Internet Explorer - lol. I'll have to take a look at it from a web developer perspective, but will probably stick to using Firefox for personal use (sort of like how I have Vista installed merely for development purposes but boot into XP for everything else... or use the Mac).
Thanks for the heads up. :)
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