dean.edwards.name/IE7/history/

History

This software is still not live. If you are using/testing it please feedback comments, bug reports, etc.

Current (version 0.9)

support for base64 encoded images
support for namespaced attribute selectors
support for style sheet switching
simplified XMLHttpRequest wrapper in ie7-xml-extras.js
event handlers now refreshed on document.recalc
document.recalc(true) reloads all style sheets
support for box-sizing:border-box
bug fixes:
- min/max-width in quirks mode
- empty selectors
- quoted URLs in generated content
- memory leak fix for PNG solution
- "none" is now the default for min/max-width/height
- min/max-width/height preserved by document.recalc()

2004/05/23 - version 0.8
- new license: LGPL
- support for printing
- support for @media (screen and print)
- support for <object type=image/*>
- fixed Array.push/pop and String.replace for IE5.0
- alt/title fixed for <img>
- more CSS selectors:
  - :checked/:disabled/:enabled/:indeterminate
  - :contains()
  - :not()
  - :target
- more CSS properties:
  - CSS border-spacing
  - cursor:pointer (IE5)
  - content:attr()
  - opacity
  - margin:auto (quirks mode)
  - overflow:visible (ie7-overflow.js)
  - max-height works after all - it was overflow:visible that was broken :-)
- you can now define IE7 variables inside the IE7 script
- turn off the box-model fix: IE7_BOX_MODEL=false;
- ie7-core.js now applies no fixes itself
- HTML header loaded to provide correct defaults
- new modules:
  - faster loading if HTCs supported (ie7-load.htc)
  - ie7-xml-extras.js
  - new bug fixing module (ie7-squish.js)
  - ie7-quirks.js (private module)
  - document.recalc() (ie7-recalc.js)
  - dynamic attribute selectors (ie7-dynamic-attributes.js)
  - ie7-overflow.js
- several modules renamed:
  - ie7-png.js becomes ie7-graphics.js
  - ie7-box-model.js becomes ie7-layout.js
  - ie7-css2.js becomes ie7-css2-selectors.js
  - ie7-css3.js becomes ie7-css3-selectors.js
- performance improvements
- implementation eased with the removal of high ASCII encoding
- smaller packed file thanks to new packer
- decoupled from cssQuery
- Bug fixes:
  - PNG rollovers now work
  - fixed positioning - never-ending scroll
  - nth-child
  - generated content inline by default
  - htmlFor ([for=foo])
  - margin collapse (for elements with "layout")
  - 'Don\'t' in generated content
  - first-letter/first-line now works
2004/09/18 - version 0.7.3
- Bug fixes:
  - quoted URLs in CSS
  - <base> tag no longer causes problems
  - right/bottom (several bugs)
  - fixed elements contained by other fixed/relative/absolute elements
  - unicode escaping in generated content
  - correct text alignment of generated content
  - attribute selectors now escaped (prevent RegExp problems)
  - <label> fix applied to all form controls (not just <input> element)
  - background-position: scroll now works
  - prevent unnecessary server requests for images etc
  - security warnings on secure servers now avoided
  - several other minor bugs reported on the IE7 Forum
2004/08/22 - version 0.7.2
- support for unicode escaping in generated content
- support for % values for min/max-width/height
- the default setting for IE7_PNG_SUFFIX is now -trans.png.
2004/08/17 - version 0.7.1
- patch to version 0.7
2004/08/17 - version 0.7
This version sees a departure from the use of DHTML Behaviors. IE7 is now a pure JavaScript solution. Implementation is now via a <script> tag rather than a style sheet inclusion.
- IE7 is now a pure JavaScript solution
- improved page load speed
- :lang()
- support for generated content (:before/:after/content:)
- improved support for right/bottom
- more CSS selectors:
  - nth-child()
  - nth-last-child()
  - only-child()
  - [attr^="value"], [attr$="value"] and [attr*="value"]
- CSS module split into two modules (ie7-css2.js and ie7-css3-selectors.js)
- additional fixes:
  - double margin bug
  - unscrollable content
  - form submission - only submit successful controls
- bug fixes (especially min/max-width/height and fixed positioning)
2004/06/08 - version 0.6.1
- patch to previous version
2004/06/02 - version 0.6
- support for IE5.0
- IE7 is now configurable
- support for strict CSS
- support for fixed positioning
- support for DHTML/JavaScript removed
- support for the following CSS selectors:
  - [attr|=value]
2004/04/14 - version 0.5.1
- downloadable version of 0.5.0
2004/04/11 - version 0.5.0
- I am now recommending that you wrap the IE7 style sheet inclusion in conditional comments.
- support for min-width, max-width and min-height.
- support for PNG transparency
- support for box-sizing: content-box
- IE7’s CSS query engine made available as a separate JavaScript file.
- support for the following CSS selectors:
  - adjacent ~ selector
  - :empty
2004/03/05 - version 0.3
- support for <abbr/>
- :active bug fixed
2004/03/03 - version 0.2 (alpha)
2004/02/19 - version 0.1
- development started

History

Current (version 0.9)

Previous