scsinet
Active Member
After I upgraded to Internet Explorer 8, I noticed that several parts of the boards didn't look quite right. Things were not aligned properly.
Also, the little popup menus when you click the search link or on someone's username were very slow to appear. Perhaps most annoying was that the quick reply feature didn't work anymore.
As Microsoft has now released IE 8 as part of automatic updates, lots of folks (that are good little Microsoft soldiers and keep their sytems updated) will start to get it, so I thought I'd share the fix that many people probably don't know about. IE 8 has a mode called compatibility mode that will restore the broken functionality of the boards.
To enable it, look next to your address bar. You'll notice a small icon just to the right of the address field.
Simply click that button. The page will reload, and you'll get a popup that tells you that you are in compatibility mode.
That's it. It'll remember the setting the next time you visit, and as far as I can see it restores all of the things that broke with IE 8.
I'm wondering if this should be made sticky?
Also, the little popup menus when you click the search link or on someone's username were very slow to appear. Perhaps most annoying was that the quick reply feature didn't work anymore.
As Microsoft has now released IE 8 as part of automatic updates, lots of folks (that are good little Microsoft soldiers and keep their sytems updated) will start to get it, so I thought I'd share the fix that many people probably don't know about. IE 8 has a mode called compatibility mode that will restore the broken functionality of the boards.
To enable it, look next to your address bar. You'll notice a small icon just to the right of the address field.
Simply click that button. The page will reload, and you'll get a popup that tells you that you are in compatibility mode.
That's it. It'll remember the setting the next time you visit, and as far as I can see it restores all of the things that broke with IE 8.
I'm wondering if this should be made sticky?
