CSS3 support in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8. What is it? IE-CSS3 is a script to provide Internet Explorer support for some new styles available in the upcoming CSS3 standard. How it works If you're viewing this page in Internet Explorer, some of the elements have been rebuilt by the script in Vector Markup Language (VML), an IE-specific vector drawing language. VML supports things that are missing from IE's CSS implementation like rounded corners and blur effects. How to use it Just add CSS styles as you normally would, but include one new line: Issues and Workarounds You would expect URLs in behavior: url(...) to be relative to the current directory as they are in a background-image: url(...) style for example, but instead Microsoft decided to ignore standards here and make them relative to the docroot instead.
You will probably run into issues with z-index, especially if embedding one IE-CSS3 enabled element inside of another. Set the z-index of the IE-CSS3 element to a number larger than its surrounding elements. Virtual PC Guy's WebLog. Evolt.org - Browser Archive. Taming Your Multiple IE Standalones. Return to p.i.e. A Guest Article by Manfred Staudinger Most of the improvements in conditional comments talked about in this article have now been incorporated into an easy-to-install set of IE standalone versions available at Tredosoft.com. We recommend this install very highly, so enjoy! Multiple versions of Explorer for Windows on a single computer have revolutionized CSS bug testing for websites, but sadly the different IE browser windows appear identical to the eye, potentially leading to confusion and testing mistakes. Also, Microsoft's proprietary Conditional Comments don't operate properly on these standalones, making advanced usage of CC's a guessing game.
What Are These Standalones? When Joe Maddalone first came up with Multiple Version of IE in Windows XP Pro in November 2003, this was a great relief for web developers. Get the conveniently prepared standalones themselves here. Multiple Standalone Installer Now Availible! What took so long? Perfecting The Standalones Cookies <! <! <! Download details: IE6 App Compat Test Image.