The Css Bug » Internet Explorer http://thecssbug.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 onChange Internet Explorer bug http://thecssbug.com/onchange-internet-explorer-bug http://thecssbug.com/onchange-internet-explorer-bug#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:08:32 +0000 admin http://thecssbug.com/?p=115 Ever tried to use the onChange event to catch a change of state in a radio button group? The following code works alright in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer:


<input type="radio" name="options" id="option1" onChange="alert('option1')">
<input type="radio" name="options" id="option2" onChange="alert('option2')">

IE treats the onChange event in a different manner: it recognizes something changed just after you lose focus on that element. The solution for this problem is to use the onClick javascript event instead of onChange.


<input type="radio" name="options" id="option1" onClick="alert('option1')">
<input type="radio" name="options" id="option2" onClick="alert('option2')">
]]> http://thecssbug.com/onchange-internet-explorer-bug/feed 0 Google Wave responsible for IE 6 support drop http://thecssbug.com/google-wave-responsible-for-ie-6-support-drop http://thecssbug.com/google-wave-responsible-for-ie-6-support-drop#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:36:19 +0000 admin http://thecssbug.com/?p=113 As I’ve wrote earlier this week, Google is leading a silent battle against Internet Explorer 6, the 7 year-old browser that is still causing tons of problems to web developers. A first major step, was the announcement that YouTube is no longer supporting IE6, which was more of a statement then a strategic decision – since most of YouTube features will probably still work for time to come.

More likely the stake, must be the recently announced Google Wave, the most anticipated web application of the year which is packed with state-of-the-art HTML 5 technologies – some of them not fully supported even by the latest version of browsers (like drag-and-drop), and which Google is trying to sqeeze into the HTML 5 specifications. It is clear that  Google Wave is not likely to work with the age-old Internet Explorer 6, so Google is doing his best to determine users to upgrade to Chrome or some other latest generation browser.

]]> http://thecssbug.com/google-wave-responsible-for-ie-6-support-drop/feed 0 YouTube drops Support for IE6 http://thecssbug.com/youtube-drops-support-for-ie6 http://thecssbug.com/youtube-drops-support-for-ie6#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:56:05 +0000 admin http://thecssbug.com/?p=109 It looks like the end is finally ariving for our least favorite browser IE6 as SitePoint announces. It’s survived longer than any of us could have expected and it still has a larger market share than Chrome, Safari, and Opera combined. Whilst some smaller web sites have dropped support for the 8 year-old browser, none of the bigger companies dared cut off a fifth of their users. Until now.

YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing web site, is phasing out IE6 support. YouTube is one of the largest and most popular web sites on the net, so this action could have a massive impact on user numbers.

IE5.5 and IE6 visitors to YouTube are now confronted with a message and helpful IE8, Firefox and Chrome download links.

There is some evidence that IE usage has dropped within the past month, although the new releases of Firefox and Safari are partially responsible for that shift. However, the YouTube announcement could certainly persuade many private IE6 users to upgrade their browser.

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