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Failing CSS hacks in IE7

The much awaited Internet Explorer 7 browser has now been out for a while and my stats show that up to 30% of IE browser users have upgraded to version 7. The gap between Firefox and IE will probably be bridged and it seems the new IE will do a much better job than its predecessors. I had, however, been quite mad at IE7 since its release because it was making some of my IE6 CSS hacks fail; I couldn’t install IE7 on my laptop to work on those issues - not wanting to loose IE6 as my main testing platform - and had to bite my tongue. Well, my nails.

Then today I found this very clever way to run IE7 as a standalone browser WITHOUT loosing IE6. The trick isn’t perfect and some features don’t work, but for compatibility testing purposes, it’s a miracle. So I got back to my failing CSS hacks; the main problem seemed to be with the famous !important trick. Researching the issue, I came across an article mentioning that if IE7 now recognizes !important correctly, all IE version still ignore !anything. I had my new hack; I replaced all my !important by !ie7hack and we’re back to normal. Cheap trick, but eh!

So for those of you using IE7, the blog’s main menu is now back. Alleluya!

 

2007-02-06 20:08 • Posted in Bits and pieces:

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  • 1 - Vince says:

    « Note to self: Vince, after re-reading all this I must tell you, you’re not making any sense. Yeah, I know. Well if you know, why don’t you change it? Because I don’t know how to phrase it different. I thought you knew. I do. You just said you don’t. I do that I don’t. I see. You do? Yeah. Good. But I still think you’re not making sense. I see. You know what? What? Oh, nothing. I don’t know if that’s an acceptable answer. Forget it. Forget what? Nothing. You see, you’re not making sense either. I know, it’s your fault. It’s always my fault; next time I’ll skip the blog post altogether. Well, in fact it’s IE’s fault. Yeah, Firefox is the way to go. I know. You do? Yeah. So why on Earth do you say I’m not making sense? »

    Date of comment: 2007-02-07 01:03 •
  • 2 - Sigrid says:

    « C’est pastoral. Indubitablement pastoral. »

    Date of comment: 2007-02-07 07:30 •
  • 3 - Anonymous says:

    « I love the non-sense.
    Three cheers for the non-sense. »

    Date of comment: 2007-02-07 17:53 •

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Stanley Park Chickadees

A few days ago, while strolling around Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, I felt the slight brush of a feather against my head. Surprised, I looked up and realized a cute little bird was dive-bombing at me. I assumed I was getting too close to his nest and to avoid worrying the little guy, I walked away. But then from another direction, another attack. That’s odd, I thought. They must all be nesting in the fall.

The crazy idea of catching a shot of one of them in flight as they were flying by me immediately took shape and I got the camera out of the bag. Not knowing how to focus on them, I opted for a manual preset to an arm’s length and hoped the birds would keep flying as close as they had. So I held up my hand away from me, arm extended, and attempted to manually focus on it - an operation that isn’t so easy with only one remaining hand.

There. I had my fingers well framed in the viewfinder and they were just about as sharp as the bird standing on them. The bird? I blinked, looked again. I wasn’t dreaming; one of the kamikazes had just landed on my fingers and was calmly looking at me. I looked back. We exchanged a few silent words, not to scare each other off.

- Welcome, I thought.
- Hello, he answered, where is the food?
- What food?
- The food that’s supposed to be in your hand. Why do you think I’m here, carefully perched on a human being 100 times my size?

He nibbled at the palm of my hand as if to punctuate his hunger. I snapped a shot. The shutter scared him and he flew away.

I was beginning to understand. The birds had been trained by passers-by to come and eat seeds in their hands. The fly-bys had been attempts to land on my head, probably judged - at the last second - too big and round to be seed-bearing. I looked down on the ground, found a few old seeds and some peanut shells that I immediately presented to the sky, open palm and camera at the ready.

The birds came back, taking turns, landing on my hand, nibbling, looking at me, flying away. They were cute and speedy. A lady told me they are called Chickadees. So check-a-’dees photos! ;-)

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2006-10-15 20:52 • Posted in Photoblogs:

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  • 1 - Anonymous says:

    « Quand je te lis, chaque fois, j’ai comme un besoin fou de vivre loin
    d’une banlieue.
    Etre en contact rapproché avec la nature me semble une des portes de sortie dans ce monde affolé et affolant où nous vivons.
    La mer me manque... »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-16 06:20 •
  • 1.1 - Vince answers:

    « Alors, tu traverses le pont, prends la montée Fortier, Ozias-Leduc, tu tournes à gauche sur le Chemin de la Montagne et tu vas jusqu’au stationnement du Mt St-Hilaire. Là tu te gares, et tu marches, tu marches, tu marches. La nature va être absolument superbe, les couleurs fantastiques, et si c’est la fin d’après-midi et que tu gardes bien les yeux ouverts, tu vas sans doute voir des chevreuils... »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-16 08:58 •
  • 2 - Sigrid says:

    « MWAAAA AHAHA...good one! »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-16 12:13 •
  • 3 - Anonymous says:

    « Bon ça va tous les deux, hein ?
    J’analyse le problème, je réfléchis et soupèse et suis au regret de devoir vous expliquer que je n’ai aucune,
    mais là aucune,
    affinité avec la nature québécoise.
    Elle ne me dit rien et me laisse froide.
    La faute à la France ? En partie seulement. Depuis l’enfance, c’est la même chose.
    Et na ! »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-16 16:06 •
  • 4 - NewYorkangel says:

    « I really liked this post.
    ¿Como lo haces para que la vida normal se vuelva en magia, asi, solo con un toque??
    Aparentemente, solo se necesita un poquito de gracia...!! :-)) »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-17 03:01 •
  • 5 - Vince says:

    « Anonymous: tanpis alors, je vais continuer a prendre des photos pour te regaler. ;-)

    Sigrid: Ben quoi?

    NYA: Pues tía, la vida normal ES magia. Pero si quieres saberlo, te lo voy a decir: no se necesita gracia sino locura. No se si tengo gracia, pero locura si, bastante para dos. ¿Quieres? ;-) »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-17 10:38 •
  • 6 - NewYorkangel says:

    « Pues, en lo que toca a locura, creo que tengo lo suficiente myself!! But thanks a bunch tio!! (¿Qué es eso de llamar a la gente tia?? ¡Qué feo!lol ;-))... »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-18 06:28 •
  • 6.1 - Vince answers:

    « Discúlpame, « Cariño » ¿Mejor así? ;-) »

    Date of comment: 2006-10-18 13:18 •

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