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timothytoe

More options Mar 5, 7:02 pm

From: timothytoe <timothy...@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:16 -0800 (PST)

Local: Wed, Mar 5 2008 7:02 pm

Subject: Re: IE8 Beta 1: Early report

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My current problem is that I don't see any evidence of increased
standards in IE8. I'm wondering if I need a strict DOCTYPE to see it.
But in strict, IE8 chokes on the CANVAS.

As a result, I don't see any opportunity to remove my IE hacks for
IE8.

I'll probably wait for the hubbub to die down and see what people are
saying about IE8 standards compliance. Seems no better than IE7 to me
now, which can't be right, because I know those guys have been working
on it.

On Mar 5, 3:53 pm, timothytoe <timothy...@gmail.com> wrote:

> My canvases are working in IE8. I'm using Transitional HTML. What is
> your DOCTYPE?

> On Mar 5, 3:31 pm, Dean Arnold <darn...@presicient.com> wrote:

> > Dean Arnold wrote:
> > > I just gave it a whirl with something I've been working on
> > > (www.presicient.com/shodo/tryshodo.html). Note that the
> > > page only embeds images via drawImage() (except for a
> > > progress bar that worked on "real" IE7, but appears broken
> > > in both modes in IE8). In IE8 mode,
> > > it doesn't work; in IE7 emulation mode, it works OK.

> > > I haven't had a chance to try other drawing primitives,
> > > or debug what might be wrong. I have checked the developer
> > > forum and newsgroup, but nothing about VML in IE8 pops
> > > up. And I can't find anything in the other docs.

> > DOH! I just remembered another site I have that uses
> > canvas to render popups (www.presicient.com/langjobs/usajobs.html).
> > And it actually works in both IE7 and IE8 mode.

> > So it may just be an issue with drawImage, or maybe w/ the
> > tryshodo.html layouts. (usajobs.html doesn't drawImage,
> > it just overlays IFRAMEs in the popups).

> > Sorry for the interruption,
> > Dean Arnold
> > Presicient Corp.

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