Excanvas in IE8 Beta 2

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Greg Houston

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Sep 17, 2008, 6:35:33 PM9/17/08

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I just posted this as a reply to a message in the Yahoo Canvas group.
I thought it might be helpful to post it here as well.

> Does Excanvas work on Interweb Explorer 8? Is it even necessary?

With my project, Excanvas works in IE8 beta 2:
- Browser Mode: IE7, Document Mode: Quirks Mode

Moocanvas works in:
- Browser Mode: IE7, Document Mode: Quirks Mode
- Browser Mode: IE7, Document Mode: IE7 Standards Mode
- Browser Mode: IE8, Document Mode: Quirks Mode
- Browser Mode: IE8, Document Mode: IE7 Standards Mode
- Browser Mode: IE8 Compatibility View, Document Mode: Quirks Mode
- Browser Mode: IE8 Compatibility View, Document Mode: IE7 Standards Mode
http://ibolmo.com/projects/moocanvas/

For Excanvas to work in IE8 beta 2 IE8 Standards Mode will require the
Excanvas code be modified to use import instead of the of the
star selector (v\: *).
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=333905

Also, the following bug will need to be fixed for either Excanvas or
Moocanvas to work in IE8 Standards Mode.
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=364096

It would be good for people to vote on and confirm the bug above so
that the IE team gets a sense of it's importance.

- Greg

Erik Arvidsson

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Sep 18, 2008, 2:12:23 AM9/18/08

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I don't think it is worth trying to fix this until IE8 supports VML in
standards mode.