Posted by Brian Cryer on 11/13/06 15:40

"Chris" <nospam@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:EuKdneogxqqlSMjYnZ2dnUVZ8tudnZ2d@bt.com...
> Does anyone know of any tools and resources for converting and analysing
> pages to find out why they don't work in IE 7, this applies equally to
> javascript (a little OT). The place I work at has a load of web
> applications, which were designed in the Dark Ages and the management are
> scratching their heads wondering why things designed for IE 4 don't work
> in IE 7.

Having just spent most of today on this type of issue ... I wish I could
recommend some, but unfortunately there really isn't much out there. This is
not surprising because what do you mean when you say a page doesn't work?
How does a tool determine what it sees isn't what you were intending?

The best I can suggest is that you look at any validation errors -
http://validator.w3.org/
If you are tackling JavaScript issues then consider using the FireFox
browser. I have found the FireFox great for JavaScript, because its
JavaScript console lists each error with the line its on.

If you are considering layout issues, then I think you are probably on your
own. One tip: be aware that the DocType declaration can make a big
difference to IE7 - the problem I was tackling today turned out to be the
DocType (even though it worked perfectly for IE6 and FireFox.

The other thing you could try is to post a page here for a critique.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian

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