IE 7
So the buzz around the web development world is all about IE7’s automatic release this month. I don’t know what day exactly it’s going to happen, but this massive update to the IE platform is going to fubar a lot of websites. Mostly because every IE user is going to be automatically forced to update into IE7 (pending user approval of course), and IE7 renders websites a lot different than IE6 or it’s previous versions.
A lot of people using CSS for the skeletal structure on their websites, especially those who have used IE hacks, are going to suffer the most since IE7 does not support the IE * html hack anymore. Some have attempted to bypass this issue by using Firefox body > html hacks instead, which is fine I guess. But I prefer the method of using a separate IE specific stylesheet:
<!–[if IE]>
<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”ie.css”>
< ![endif]–>
Regardless, it’d be a good idea for all web designers/developers to go ahead and get rid of your IE hacks before the Y2K (laf) of the web world goes into effect. Whether you decide to upgrade to IE7 or not, the majority of your users that use IE most likely will.
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