I’ve been tinkering with some new ideas for the design over the last few weeks. They’re not anything big just better organised (I think). Being as I am the sort who likes to try new things I implemented a few novel CSS selectors. One of the most fun is the attribute selector. I won’t explain it, that’s what the link is for.

It should go without saying that IE doesn’t support attribute selectors. IE, honestly, doesn’t support much of anything remotely cool with the exception of Microsoft’s own proprietary filters{ref1}. Should you be inclined you can see where this design is at the moment by visiting the sandbox{ref2}. If you load the page with IE you’ll see everything is all higgledy-piggledy.

I haven’t figured out what is making IE 7 go nutters but, needless to say, IE is the only browser that can’t seem to centre the page. I’ve no idea why and I’ve just decided I’m not even going to bother to find out.

IE is the most popular browser

I’d debate that IE is just the most used. I don’t think the program has that many real friends, though. If I were designing a site for a client (which I’m not and don’t) I imagine I’d have little choice but to support IE. Lucky me, I don’t care. Tinkering with HTML/CSS is my hobby, my passe-temps. Trying to get things to work in a browser I not only don’t use but can’t use{ref3} is a waste of my time and feels like work.

The bit that upsets me is that IE 7 was supposed to be so much better. It just isn’t. I’m sorry. Early reports suggest that IE 8 will actually be better. If IE 8 can actually pass the ACID 2 test then colour me impressed. If IE 8 ships before everyone else is able to pass a theoretical ACID 3 test then I’ll be amazed.

Microsoft tricked me before when they said IE 7 would be so much better. I really don’t trust them when they say that IE 8 will support this or that. I won’t believe it until I can see it with my own eyes.