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JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Re: JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Post by pg »

kirubakaran wrote: post #8
kirubakaran wrote: post #2

At least for now, you can get around the 100 char limit for titles in YCNews by first submitting with a shorter title and then editing it to have all the chars you want.

Wow! I saw them fix it! Got "page cannot be displayed" for a second and then the title was shortened. Just a blip like deja vu glitch in the Matrix.

Nothing different happens when an item is in the middle of being edited, either by the submitter or the editors. The next request after the edit is saved just gets the new version.

Re: JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Post by kirubakaran »

pg wrote: post #10
kirubakaran wrote: post #2

At least for now, you can get around the 100 char limit for titles in YCNews by first submitting with a shorter title and then editing it to have all the chars you want.

This hole isn't there because I wasn't aware of it, but because I trust users here. Writing code to enforce rules is boring, so my general approach to abuse is to wait for it to happen before I expend time preventing it.

Oops... I am sorry.

Re: JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Post by mrtron »

pg wrote: post #10
kirubakaran wrote: post #2

At least for now, you can get around the 100 char limit for titles in YCNews by first submitting with a shorter title and then editing it to have all the chars you want.

This hole isn't there because I wasn't aware of it, but because I trust users here. Writing code to enforce rules is boring, so my general approach to abuse is to wait for it to happen before I expend time preventing it.

I have the same system, unfortunately people seem to do stupid things all the time.

Re: JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Post by scooter53080 »

I tried this library sometime around May of last year. I read through a wrox book called "CSS Instant Results" and many of the discussed CSS layouts required use of the IE7 script to work properly. I had some problems with the max/min width/height adjustments not holding when the browser was resized, and additionally there was some flicker when resizing. At the time, it appeared from the site and forum that there was not a lot of active development going on. Now it looks like there has been an update, and active development has resumed, so I would be interested to look into it again in the future.

Re: JavaScript lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser

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Post by hsiung »

Seems like this script does a top level document search for nodes to apply it's PNG fix. This can really hurt performance for sites that have complicated layouts. Sometimes it's best just manually code your own png fix solutions (fix exactly the image and div nodes you need for each page, rather than conducting a document.getElementsByTagName.. sweep)
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