Posted by Mika on 11/19/07 23:05

"Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Mika said the following on 11/19/2007 5:05 PM:
>> "Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:NYidnTYnj8cjYNza4p2dnAA@giganews.com...
>>> Mika said the following on 11/19/2007 3:51 PM:
>>>> "Stevo" <please@spam-me.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> Mika wrote:
>>>>>> "Mika" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for all the tips. Hopefully MS will fix the bug before even
>>>>>>> more programmers hate their browser, even if the majority of public
>>>>>>> don't.
>>>>>> Okay it turns out we jumped the gun as the problem is still
>>>>>> happening, albeit less often. It is completely random.
>>>>> The problem is that some code is trying to dynamically create DOM
>>>>> elements before the page is complete (i.e. before the </body> tag). IE
>>>>> won't tolerate this.
>>> Wow, IE got it right. Imagine that.
>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone suggest another way to do this (which doesn't work)?:
>>>>>> <!--[if IE]></body><![endif]-->
>>>>> Have you tried using document.write("<\/body>"); ?
>>>> Apologies, could you put the code in context and in laymen's terms
>>>> please? Exactly what should we add to make only IE see a </body>
>>>> command?
>>> Instead of trying to work around flaws in your design, maybe you should
>>> be trying to make your code work with valid HTML.
>>
>> This is known *bug* with IE that has been much publicised on forums as an
>> incompatibility between it and Google Maps code.
>
> I like that mentality. Code doesn't work in a browser and it must be the
> browser - and not the code - that has a "bug" in it.

Randy with respect we don't have time to paste the evidence here, but there
are programmers furious at MS for this known bug. Try searching some of the
links other users posted above in this thread. We found a MS employee blog
the other day where MS admitted the "bug" in IE.

Please, if you have nothing constructive to say, do not feel the need to
contribute.

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