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#448885 16-Mar-2011 14:09

seamonkey: Is ie9 capable of supporting ad blocking addon/feature?

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#448889 16-Mar-2011 14:39

How many people have found websites that have broken on IE9. I have found a few, but I have found most others have code to force IE to go into compatibility mode, which forces it to appear like it would in IE7 I guess.

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#448890 16-Mar-2011 14:40

Haven't found anything that bad really.

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#448892 16-Mar-2011 14:45

freitasm: Haven't found anything that bad really.

The ones I have found are ones that use jquery, and relates to things like slideshows on the website, but updating to the latest version of jquery should fix that.

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#448895 16-Mar-2011 14:54

I am using IE9RC. I find some websites including GZ that if I hold down Ctrl and click a link to open a new tab that IE closes and I have to click close program for the new tab to then load, but the original page stays open. Any ideas on what's happening there?

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#448898 16-Mar-2011 14:55

freitasm:
seamonkey: Is ie9 capable of supporting ad blocking addon/feature?

Why Ad Blocker are Killing Your Favorite Sites.

I see your one sided Ars article and raise you two one sided Techdirt articles!

Don't Blame Your Community: Ad Blocking Is Not Killing Any Sites
Google Explains Why Ad Blockers Aren't A Problem

Arguing about the merits ad blocking these days is like arguing about politics and religion, tends to go no where fast.

So back on topic...

On our sites I have found some old javascript that breaks in IE9, particularly old versions of YUI/ExtJS and jQuery.

Also a couple of weird css issues particularly inheritance of font-weight and margin settings.

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#448899 16-Mar-2011 14:56

Haven't seen this happening. I would look at add-ons and toolbars you might have installed.

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#448922 16-Mar-2011 15:57

I've found that with IE9, the NZ Herald videos do not synch the voice and video properly. Did a test with IE9 and Firefox side by side, and Firefox had no problem at all.

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#448924 16-Mar-2011 15:58

with the IE9 RC i came across several sites that wouldnt work when you stuck in a username and password and pressed a button, or stuck in a credit card number and pressed a button. Javascript issues i think. They all subsequently worked when I hit the compatibily button though.

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#448929 16-Mar-2011 16:16

myopinion: I've found that with IE9, the NZ Herald videos do not synch the voice and video properly. Did a test with IE9 and Firefox side by side, and Firefox had no problem at all.

is it some videos or all videos? I just played the below one in IE9 RTM version and it played fine. no sync issues.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/video.cfm?c_id=2&gal_cid=2&gallery_id=117317

Do whatever you want to do man.

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#448930 16-Mar-2011 16:18

IE9 doesn't show the JScript based navigation menu in Juniper's ScreenOS.

Another issue I've found is that you need to give "Full Control" permission to a network share if you want to save to it.

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#448932 16-Mar-2011 16:22

Yeah that was the video that wasn't working properly for me on IE9...is now :)

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#449075 17-Mar-2011 00:04

Improvement, but still no cake.

http://gigaom.com/collaboration/internet-explorer-9-released-but-should-you-care/

Good for those guys out there in locked down environments with no other choice though, or for those not knowing they have a choice.

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#449090 17-Mar-2011 06:37

Interesting because looking at the ZDNet post it seems IE9 javascript engine is faster than Chrome's own...

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#449092 17-Mar-2011 06:48

kyhwana2: Requiring a reboot for a browser install isn't on. So I won't be "using it" until the next windows update requires a reboot. (Which will be next month, I imagine)

How fast do you warp heatsinks?
I found it annoying also, but I needed to restart for some updates anyway, which was lucky, as I don't like turning off my pc until I finish using it...

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