Useful Sites for IE Bug "Solutions", i.e., Hacks

 

URL

TOPIC

FEATURES

 

 

 

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/

discussion of CSS features and techniques, mailing lists

It's got a broad range of info about CSS and links to IE bug workarounds

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=BoxModelHack

Box Model Hacks

Modified in 2007. Good explanations accompany the individual hacks. Links to another page that's even older, but has some good info: http://htmlfixit.com/tutes/tutorial_Internet_Explorer_Broken_Box_Model_Hack_and_Other_Alternatives.php

 

http://www.brunildo.org/test/

broad range of topics

Graphical illustrations of specific IE problems; layouts that work in different browsers. The most comprehensive site I've found so far.

http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/mys-bug.html

how to isolate the problem

A guide to the most efficient procedures

http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/haslayout.html

conditional comment, zoom fix for hasLayout

Just another example of the useful pages you can get to from the home page, http://www.positioniseverything.net/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250481.aspx

a Microsoft guy explains "hasLayout"

Fairly technical, but clear, explanation (2005)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250496(VS.85).aspx

CSS compatibility in IE7

Again, technical language, but some good graphics to explain the difference in rendering between IE6 and IE7

http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html

a discussion of the hasLayout concept

Clearly descriptive of the problem, a list of CSS properties that trigger hasLayout issues, and some hacks

http://imgiseverything.co.uk/2008/10/31/how-i-debug-ie6/

prevention of IE bugs

How to avoid bugs by writing CSS that subverts them

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949787

IE8 Release Candidate 1

Release notes; use of Compatibility Mode

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(CSS)

the different layout engines

A huge amount of detail, as you might expect from Wikipedia; links to other Wikipedia pages (I especially like the page on Table-less web design)