death to IE 7 & 8 ;-)

[maya90]

could please someone who has IE handy see if this page looks the same IE 7 8 as it does in all the other browsers? (I assume IE9 should look the same as moz & webkit? )

http://mayacove.com/dev/rd_res/test_pg.html
(I cannot test in IE until tomorrow morning..)

thank you very much....

[maya90]

here,
http://mayacove.com/dev/rd_res/test_pg_ie.html

I load a stylesheet for IE7/8... does it work?

thank you very much....

[NightStalker-DNS]

No, it does not look the same at all. It has none of the rounded corners or spacing

Attached is a picture with Chrome and IE8 next to each other.

IE.jpg

[maya90]

oh my gosh.. this means that using "rem" for padding doesn't work...

following advice here,
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012...ve-typography/

am using "rem" for font-size, instead of em.. thought I'd use it for padding & margins too.. I guess IE doesn't like it....

I guess I need to go back to percentages for setting padding & margins for IE? (it looks like it works for font-sizes, though...)

(but it looks like modernizr is working for all HTML5 stuff.....;-)

thank you....

[maya90]

PS: it looks like rem works in IE 7/8 for font-sizes, but not for padding and margins....

I have to redo all padding & margins, what a pain...

so what is best, percentages or em?

oh brother.....

have my rd site ready, but can't publish b/c of IE 7/8 probs....;-(

[maya90]

ok, I took out all .rem ref's except for font-size and line-height...

does it work in IE7/8 now?
http://mayacove.com/dev/rd_res/test_pg_ie.html

thank you very much....

[Pullo]

Hi Maya,

Did you ever consider using Browser Shots?
Basically, you can enter your web address, select the browsers you are interested in, then they will deliver you a screen shot of what it looks like in each one.
It's not perfect by any means, but it does have its uses, especially in situations like this.

To answer your question, your site looks good in IE10 & IE9, but in IE7 & IE8 the navigation positioning falls apart on a 17 inch monitor.

I've made screen shots of each.
You can download them here.

Hope that helps.

[NightStalker-DNS]

Yes, it is looking better now, but still missing the rounded corners and some other styling elements. Attached is latest comparison

IE.jpg