Comments on: The IE Word Wrap Doppelganger Bug

By: joe bloggs

joe bloggs — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:55:32 +0000

as said above ie7 sorts it BUT
now every bloody user is using a different browser/version and its tricky to make a decent site to look the same accross all platforms if not impossible(without flash ver 5(many ent admins will block flash/updates bloody wsusses)

stating the obvious but just complaining to the world lol

By: malikyte

malikyte — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:42:59 +0000

If you use non-standard/validating code in a conditional stylesheet for IE, the page will still pass validation? I used max-width to fix haslayout problems in IE in a certain situation because Firefox/Opera actually do what you tell it to when you set height to something smaller than the font’s actual rendered height… However, zoom sounds like a much better option so long as the code will validate.

By: michellew

michellew — Mon, 22 May 2006 12:45:50 +0000

6.0.2800.1106 sp2

I first noticed this back when the Google Calendar: All Your Appointments Are Belong to Us blog was posted last month. It was the first blog in the list for about a week and some days it wrapped correctly and other days it doubled up. I thought you were working on the site :)

By: i-devs

i-devs — Fri, 19 May 2006 16:26:11 +0000

torn between taking the plunge, and sticking things out on the line it knows, hoping things will get better.

You should forward this on to MS… great marketing copy for IE… short, to the point, instantly creates an emotional connection with the reader. Brilliant!

By: TheLunchBox

TheLunchBox — Fri, 19 May 2006 15:40:35 +0000

By current version of IE6 doesn’t have the bug, but I have seen this in the past. On of the unfortunate things about IE6 is that out of the 50+ builds and fixes out there, you can only have 1 installed and there are a lot of little quirks like this that are inconsistent between builds.

I’m looking forward to the day when IE6 is gone.

By: svanpoeck

svanpoeck — Fri, 19 May 2006 15:05:15 +0000

My version of IE6 (6.0.2800.1106CO French version) does not reproduce this behaviour.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:54:44 +0000

No problem in IE7 Beta 2.

It will be interesting when you see your ‘Daily Blogs’ in IE7 !!

By: AutisticCuckoo

AutisticCuckoo — Fri, 19 May 2006 11:51:02 +0000

An H5 immediately following an H1? *tsk* *tsk*

By: Kaystarmaker

Kaystarmaker — Fri, 19 May 2006 10:54:26 +0000

sorry, i can’t seem to replicate this behaviour in IE6, it wraps like you would expect it to.

By: AlexW

AlexW — Fri, 19 May 2006 09:42:27 +0000

zoom:1 is really the only way anyone should be recommending doing this for IE. Put it in a separate stylesheet (conditional comment) if validation is a must, but DON’T use height!

Fair point. Have to admit I’m in the process of setting up a new PC here and haven’t set up the IE7 beta on it yet.