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Corvos

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I was speaking with Kismet in chat and she experienced an issue using IE8 on her work computer.

Basically when I click on FORUMS navigation at top, the screen gets all screwy and a pop up appears saying "Stop Running Script?" yes or no. I am using IE 8 and only noticed this happening today. I can't seem to go to that section that way, but if there is a post on the main NEWS page, I can click that link.
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She's tried running in compatibility mode but the problem persists. Unfortunately I didn't get anymore details from her in regards to her system specs/OS but wanted to get the ball rolling for her as she was unable to post it herself.
 
Corvos said:
I was speaking with Kismet in chat and she experienced an issue using IE8 on her work computer.



She's tried running in compatibility mode but the problem persists. Unfortunately I didn't get anymore details from her in regards to her system specs/OS but wanted to get the ball rolling for her as she was unable to post it herself.
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I hate to say this but we are working on making a popup that will include the following:

We noticed you're using Internet Explorer.​

That's...unfortunate.​

Alttab's new layout and associated features have not been tested or debugged in IE8.​
If you'd like to visit the site, why not install one of these free, cross-platform browsers?​
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We will continue to work on IE compatibility but right now we just don't have the bandwidth to essentially design a separate site for it.​
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The same still holds true here. IE is the least used browser and mosy incompatable of all of them at the moment and designing a site with it as a benchmark is almost like halting design.

So while we will try to address issues, we will not be prioritizing them. I do apologize.
 
Internet Explorer is the bane of any web designer's existence.

Is it possible for her to upgrade to IE9? That's the version when Microsoft realized that standards were a thing.
 
Thank you Corvos for posting this! :) Unfortunately in the corporate world, many places remain true to IE. I don't think I can convince my organization to change that but I can certainly try to switch at home.

Oh and as a freelance designer myself, I totally get the challenge of coding for multiple platforms. So as a recreational site (AltTabMe) you can certainly choose to optimize for whichever browser you prefer, but coding for business still requires QA testing with IE 8.0+. Sadly we still have to consider even 800x600 resolutions since a lot of people still haven't upgraded to widescreen formats. *le gasp*
 
Kismet said:
Thank you Corvos for posting this! :) Unfortunately in the corporate world, many places remain true to IE. I don't think I can convince my organization to change that but I can certainly try to switch at home.

Oh and as a freelance designer myself, I totally get the challenge of coding for multiple platforms. So as a recreational site (AltTabMe) you can certainly choose to optimize for whichever browser you prefer, but coding for business still requires QA testing with IE 8.0+. Sadly we still have to consider even 800x600 resolutions since a lot of people still haven't upgraded to widescreen formats. *le gasp*
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At least try to upgrade to IE9 as Red suggested.http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages

Also I agree most businesses in the US use IE still. But thank GOD this is a recreational site haha. We don't ignore IE, trust me... but we also don't go nuts when we hear "IE is broken" :) Keep reporting the issues though. It will get fixed in time.
 
Kismet,

I got my department together and we've petitioned our manager to get IT it upgrade our systems to IE9. We are now on the agenda to get it "sometime this year". O well.
 
The site works flawlessly on IE9 and 10 (aka the ones Microsoft made when they started caring about IE). Outside of those two Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera/Netscape/Epiphany are all good alternatives. You could try installing one on a flashdrive for work.
 
I was able to convince them that I needed Firefox in order to test out some of website stuff, so I use that now
 
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