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Asked: 2026-05-18T20:47:06+00:00

I really don’t want to do it, I want to target the latest browser.

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I really don’t want to do it, I want to target the latest browser. It seems a little backwards to target a legacy browser and then force IE8 to run in a compatibility mode. I wonder what would happen when IE9 came out?

However JQuery and CSS are both having some issues running properly in IE8, it works fine in IE7 and Firefox and I believe even Chrome. I want this thing to run well in IE7, IE8, and FF at least. Is there a better way or should I just use this tag for IE8?

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />

What could be the risks for doing this? I just don’t feel right about it but I don’t really have any founded evidence to support my fears. My gut feeling is that it will cause problems down the road and create a potential for much rework. Thoughts?

UPDATE: Here is the actual problem itself…

if (dir == "back" || dir == "jump") {
     $.get(prevNode.attr("href") + "&bID=" + bID + "&ieRefresh=" + Math.random(), "",
          function(data) {
          p.nav.prevHtml = data;
     });
}

The error is:

Object doesn’t support this property or method line 390, character 37 (the character that is found by these ‘coordinates’ is the dollar sign of the $.get()).

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  1. Editorial Team
    • Look at your code.
    • Look at where your doing it wrong.
    • Fix your code.
    • Watch it work in IE8

    Ideally what you want to do is make your entire website compatible with IE8. IE7 by itself is largely incompatible with FF & Chrome standards and requires a lot of hacking.

    It’s going to be significantly easier for you to upgrade compliance from IE8 to IE9 because IE9 isn’t going to deal with IE6/7 code nicely.

    jQuery will work properly in IE8. I can’t fanthom what CSS works in IE7 & FF (Were talking FF3.6 right? not FF 1.5?) but doesn’t work in IE8. This is a clear sign that your set up is doing something wrong.

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