Did IE8 Take a Step Backwards?

August 12, 2009 in Development & Programming

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I'm sorry. I have to rant here. Did IE8 take a step backwards? When IE7 came out, I was relieved. It seemed MS finally had the browser heading in the right direction - which was the same direction as Firefox. All of sudden, web projects required way fewer hacks, if any at all, to get them to work properly across the browsers. I even remember Christopher Schmitt giving IE7 good reviews at SXSW a few years ago when it first came out, much to the chagrin of the audience. But he said, (in paraphase) wait and you'll see, it IS much better. And it is was, much to my own professional, and personal, surprise and relief.

So, why is it that, here I am, in 2009, with IE8, having new problems with scripts and CSS that work in FF and IE7? I decided to write a little "quicky" lightbox script, with the goal being something that was extremely lightweight and fast and didn't require 50-200KB of a full JS framework or library. Of course, on the onset, things were looking good in FF and IE7, and even Safari, but I switched over to IE8 and little quirky annoyances started to happen. It all adds up to one big W-T-F moment.

I guess the questions I pose to anyone who might actually read this article is:

Is there something I'm missing? Or is it just the way it is with IE8? Does anyone out there care to share their IE8 pains or any possible triumphs with it? Thanks in advance.

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