Monday, January 7th, 2008
Dean Edwards IE7.js 2.0 Release
Category: IE, JavaScript
, Library
Now the IE7 browser itself has come out, Dean has updated his library to make sense in the new world, resulting in the new IE7.js 2.0 release which features:
- The IE7 project is now hosted on googlecode (I got fed up with SourceForge).
- IE7 is no longer modular. Instead I’ve merged the scripts into two: IE7.js and IE8.js
- IE7.js includes only fixes that are included in the real MSIE7 browser.
- All other enhancements are moved to IE8.js.
- IE7 is now much smaller (11KB gzipped).
- IE7 is now much faster (it uses the selector engine from base2.DOM)
- There are no dependencies on other files (except blank.gif)
- You can hotlink IE7/IE8.js directly from Google’s servers (usage instructions below)
- The fix for base64 encoded images is no longer included
The new project is now living over on Google Code.
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great news!
Why google codes?
Do you know that google codes prevent some coutries’ people from downloading codes? ( political issues in open source world !! )
check this out:
/———————————————-/
Forbidden
Your client does not have permission to get URL /files/ie7-2.0(beta).zip from this server. (Client IP address: xx.xx.xx.xx)
You are accessing this page from a forbidden country.
/———————————————/
this is very cool, can’t wait to try this out. Currently writing an Ajax app for a rather large bureaucracy … and they are on IE6 as the “official standard”. IE6…Solid.
@phpcs… interesting… but I believe (could be wrong) that is your country’s government that is restricting your access, not Google.
…have to just also say, this is brilliant. Inspirational to see a guy put his energy into a (11kB gzipped) fix — Dean Edwards, what a machine …
Thanks Dean
Great work! However, were there anyone able to make this work under https? Thanks Dean.