IE8 and Windows XP

rocketman

Some users have reported that since the upgrade to 5.7, the combination of IE8 and Windows XP has a lot of issues, namely:

Calendars not populating properly,
Panels with Presentations not appearing at all
In some cases the user just gets the banner but nothing underneath the banner
some panels showing as a thin line with very small scrollbars when really they should fill half a screen.

Is IE8 / XP combo now dead or are there some settings somewhere I or the users need to tweak

intra

At work we have IE8 with windows 7.

All sorts of issues similar to the ones you've described. If i use a more recent browser (chrome or firefox) its all good.

nlarson

Not really a solution, but I long ago added the following to my login page because I am a browser snoob :lol:

<script type="text/javascript">

if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent)) { //test for MSIE x.x;
 var ieversion=new Number(RegExp.$1) // capture x.x portion and store as a number
 if (ieversion>=8-)
  document.write("<div align=\"center\"><font color=\"#333333\"><font color\"size=\"2\"><br><br><br>This browser sucks! <br> VerseGoal will be completely functional, but it might not look great.<br> Try Chrome, Firefox, or Safari for optimal experience.</font></font></div>")
 else if (ieversion>=7)
  document.write("div align=\"center\"><font color=\"#333333\"><font color\"size=\"2\"><br><br><br>This browser sucks! <br>Seriously, it is wildly out of date. VerseGoal may or may not work, but we do not know; we do not test against anything this old.<br> Try Chrome, Firefox, or Safari for optimal experience.</font></font></div>")

}
else
 document.write("n/a")

</script>

It detects all version of IE and passes along my personal option of their browser selection. You can of course easily modify it to a kinder, gentler message, and provide a link to http://whatbrowser.org/

rocketman

:lol: :lol: :lol:

No No, your messages are fine and echo my sentiments entirely.

I will assume from these posts that anything below 1e9 is defunct

nlarson

cleaned up version - I must have saved a draft at some point. And yes, but even 9 & 10 have minor issues that I see when I customized the Blue Bay CSS. It just does not render the same as the rest 🙁

<script type="text/javascript">

if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent)) { //test for MSIE x.x;
 var ieversion=new Number(RegExp.$1) // capture x.x portion and store as a number
 if (ieversion>=9)
  document.write("<div align=\"center\"><font color=\"#333333\"><font size=\"3\"><br><br><br>Internet Explorer Sucks! Even the latest version is junk.</font><br> <font size=\"2\">VerseGoal will be completely functional, but it might not look great.<br><br> We suggest Chrome, Firefox, or Safari for optimal experience. <br>Check out your options at <a href=\"http://www.whatbrowser.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"whatbrowser.org\">whatbrowser.org</a></font></font></div>")
 else if (ieversion<9)
  document.write("div align=\"center\"><font color=\"#333333\"><font size=\"2\"><br><br><br>This browser sucks! <br>Seriously, it is wildly out of date. VerseGoal may or may not work, but we do not know; we do not test against anything this old. <br><br> We suggest Chrome, Firefox, or Safari for optimal experience. <br>Check out your options at <a href=\"http://www.whatbrowser.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"whatbrowser.org\">whatbrowser.org</a></font></font></div>")
}
else
 document.write("n/a")

</script>