Comment Feed for Javascript in IE8 (Coffeehouse on Channel 9)

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ZippyV — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:25:28 GMT

a:hover is all you need, and stop using those gigantic images for the slideshow.

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CKurt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:51 GMT

But IE7 does not support the meta tag :hover on any other object then a:hover. Since IE8 is not as spread as i would like it, no deal...

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Kolin1 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:13:28 GMT

In that case id use background images on the a tags and change them using :hover

You should never use javascript for presentation purposes.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Javascript in IE8

CKurt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:53:47 GMT

I know, but then I would have to embed the font because it is a special font and the people are insisting to use that font. And the @font-face css tag is not really easy to use (different src files needed for different browsers + only new browser support it)

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Javascript in IE8

Kolin1 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:02:40 GMT

Why are you using images with javascript rollovers anyway. This isnt 1999 any more.

You'd be a lot better off just having text links and using the a:hover property in CSS. even using background images and a:hover would be better.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Javascript in IE8

CKurt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:58:00 GMT

What do you mean? Bad programming skills? Bad practices?

Re: Re: Re: Javascript in IE8

Harlequin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:08:51 GMT

Just noticed you're using JavaScript framework stuff...I shouldn't have viewed source :)

Re: Re: Javascript in IE8

CKurt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:12:41 GMT

The pictures in the header are not scropped and are indeed huge and pixelated. It are dummy pictures and I'm still waiting for the real ones. They are in there to test the slideshow script.

How do i check if the hover images (images displayed when hovering over an image) are cached?

EDIT: If you check this page http://beta.ksj.be/index.php?wk=1&page=nieuw&naam=430&open=0 in FF en IE the hover effect on the squares is also really slow!

Re: Javascript in IE8

Harlequin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:04:09 GMT

They don't seem to be prefetched in IE7. Also are the photos in the header sized down properly? They load slow and they seem pixellated as if they are actually huge, almost like they're 800x800 but have a width/height of 80.