10 ways to make Internet Explorer act like a modern browser

Like many other web developers, I definitely hate Internet Explorer, especially the version 6. At a time where new and powerful techniques as such as HTML5 and CSS3 are emerging, it’s not surprising that IE can’t handle them correctly

…Marco : Thanks for the compliments! It is very motivating to read comments like yours Hans van Wezenbeek 2.1.2010Wow, this is just what i needed! Thank you very much for summing this up. EstyH 2.1.2010These tips are great. I want to point out however, that IE treats shadows as part of the element’s height/width. So you will have to adjust margin/padding especially for IE to get the layout to look like the other browsers Codesquid 2.1.2010Sorry, but I have to disagree with this post. I think progressive enhancement is the way forward, rather than adding extra mark-up and javascript purely to support a heavily outdated browser. Why add extra mark-up and javascript just to achieve rounded corners and shadows? IE users can live without these minor aesthetic effects, we shouldn’t be bloating our code for their sake. The only thing I can see the worth in is forcing IE to support HTML5.Adding all this extra mark-up and relying on javascript for key functionality (the HTML5 fix) goes against modern web standards and…

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10 ways to make Internet Explorer act like a modern browser

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