Internet Explorer 9 Issues with Xara Websites
I've been experiencing a number of different issues with IE9 during the development of a client's site recently. One item, specifically, was that my drop-down sub menus were showing a shifted right border. It's only noticeable with a border enabled, and only in IE9 that I was able to test. It works properly in Chrome and Firefox. The fix for this unusual behavior (and others) was to include the following in the <head> section of your site:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" >
This forces IE8 rendering in Internet Explorer and returns many expected defaults to the browser. It's as good a work-around as any until Xara comes out with the next version to update this styling.
I use:
Windows 7, 64-bit
Internet Explorer 9
Firefox 10 (beta)
Chrome 16 (beta)
Xara Designer Pro 6
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wouldn't you agree that this is the fault of the browser rather than xara?
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The user doesn't care whose fault it is, nor does a designer using a WYSIWYG tool care - they expect their design to work. In fairness, you can't expect Xara to guarantee support for future versions of browsers.
I suspect that IE 9 is behaving more similarly now to other browsers, while before, it would have a differrent interpretation of the CSS standards. Typically developers and WYSIWYG tool designers build in specific behaviours to get around the quirks of particular browsers. I guess Xara may add some new behaviour for IE 9 in an update in the future.
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gradinDotCom
I've been experiencing a number of different issues with IE9 during the development of a client's site recently. One item, specifically, was that my drop-down sub menus were showing a shifted right border. It's only noticeable with a border enabled, and only in IE9 that I was able to test. It works properly in Chrome and Firefox. The fix for this unusual behavior (and others) was to include the following in the <head> section of your site:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" >
This forces IE8 rendering in Internet Explorer and returns many expected defaults to the browser. It's as good a work-around as any until Xara comes out with the next version to update this styling.
I use:
Windows 7, 64-bit
Internet Explorer 9
Firefox 10 (beta)
Chrome 16 (beta)
Xara Designer Pro 6
How does one do that exactly in Xara?
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Hello lorikuklinski and welcome. This thread is now 3 years old and IE is up to version 11 so I don't think this has much relenance today ;)
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Egg Bramhill
Hello lorikuklinski and welcome. This thread is now 3 years old and IE is up to version 11 so I don't think this has much relenance today ;)
Perhaps not, but I am having a similar problem. I have Xara Web Designer MX Premium and the page transition I am using works for all browsers EXCEPT Internet Explorer. I am trying to figure out why. I am using a slide from below, but the slide doesn't work at all. Would you have any idea why?
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This is not the answer to your question lori but I avoid the page transitions altogether.
Unless you are doing a web or monitor based Presentation.
Transitions are especially onerous on long pages with lots of content.
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I'm with Gary on this. I avoid transitions, they currently create more problems than they're worth.
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lorikuklinski
Perhaps not, but I am having a similar problem. I have Xara Web Designer MX Premium and the page transition I am using works for all browsers EXCEPT Internet Explorer. I am trying to figure out why. I am using a slide from below, but the slide doesn't work at all. Would you have any idea why?
This page describes why IE9 fails: http://caniuse.com/#search=transitions.
Acorn
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Thanks for the advice, Gary. I plan to take it. Looking at the potential for problems down the road, your advise is wise.
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Thanks, Acorn! I appreciate your input.
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Thanks. I appreciate the reply. I'm removing all transitions!
