Forum strangness - Win7 / ie8

BCJKiwi

Senior Member
on a new setup of win7 and ie8 there is some strange behaviour on the forum.

'out of the box' when I click on the down triangle to make a quick reply, whichever message is on screen is included as a quote.

If the 'comaptability view' button (on the ie8 top toolbar) is clicked, this no longer happens but the text inside a code or quote can no longer be scrolled through.

Any others having this issue?
Any suggestions as to settings etc that may be required.?

Thanks
 

papaof2

Senior Member
So far, my experience with IE8 reminds me more of Windows ME: lots of hype but a loss of usability, such as not marking links that have been visited. The link marking didn't work initially, started working after clearing all the internet temp files, then stopped working after the next update - very much like Windows ME...

IE6 was the last *reliable* version - it worked consistenly and didn't error out on roboform.dll.

John
 

benryves

Senior Member
So far, my experience with IE8 reminds me more of Windows ME: lots of hype but a loss of usability, such as not marking links that have been visited. The link marking didn't work initially, started working after clearing all the internet temp files, then stopped working after the next update - very much like Windows ME...

IE6 was the last *reliable* version - it worked consistenly and didn't error out on roboform.dll.

John
You've never done any web development, have you? ;) IE 8 is a considerable breath of fresh air for me!

The forum software's Quick Reply feature triggers a script error when run under IE 8, which appears to be why the Quick Reply button doesn't work and it falls back to the legacy not-so-quick reply. If you run the browser in IE 7 mode (F12, Browser Mode dropdown) it appears to work fine. A quick fix would be to add
Code:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />
to the top of the <head> element to trigger an automatic switch to IE 7 mode.
 

papaof2

Senior Member
You've never done any web development, have you? ;) IE 8 is a considerable breath of fresh air for me!
Yes, I have - including an event scheduling system with multiple security levels and real-time playback (think war games) using ASP and SQL Server. The end goals were response time and ease of use, not the bells and whistles of a lot of commercial sites (it has dynamic charts and graphs but no video and no links to other sites). Sorry I can't offer a demo; the system belongs to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and access requires a "need to know".

John
 

benryves

Senior Member
Yes, I have - including an event scheduling system with multiple security levels and real-time playback (think war games) using ASP and SQL Server. The end goals were response time and ease of use, not the bells and whistles of a lot of commercial sites (it has dynamic charts and graphs but no video and no links to other sites). Sorry I can't offer a demo; the system belongs to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and access requires a "need to know".

John
Well, I couldn't be sure, hence the smiley - but I find it odd that you'd defend IE 6 in any way given its terrible track record for web standards support and compliance. :)
 

papaof2

Senior Member
Well, I couldn't be sure, hence the smiley - but I find it odd that you'd defend IE 6 in any way given its terrible track record for web standards support and compliance. :)
When the project started, we had to move some people *up* to IE6 - the need for compatibility with older hardware (because of the international user base) kept IE6 as the target browser since everyone used a Microsoft OS of some type (and therefore had access to IE).

If you must define a platform for an internationally used system, it's best to choose one that is an accepted "standard" - preferably OEM - as it is much easier to use what comes with the OS than to get some "unknown" (such as FireFox or Opera) approved by various military IT organizations.

IE6 may not be great in all aspects, but it was bulletproof in this application ;-)

John
 
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