• Browser Wars

  Page 2

• Flaws in IE6

  Page 3

• + Fixes in IE7

  Page 25

  • IE7’s Box Model

    Page 35

  • IE7’s CSS Bug Fixes

    Page 36

• + What You Won’t Find In IE7

  Page 41

  • Missing CSS 3 Support

    Page 41

• + Hacks and Workarounds with IE7

  Page 49

  • Managing Browsers

    Page 55

  • Delivering the Correct Style Sheet to the Correct Browser

    Page 56

• + Example Design: Planets Go BOOM!

  Page 59

  • PNGs Floating in Space

    Page 59

  • Moving with Background Attachment

    Page 61

  • Block-Level Rollovers

    Page 62

  • Selectors for Paragraph Formatting

    Page 63

  • Building to the Past

    Page 64

• + Figuring Out the Adoption Rate of IE7

  Page 64

  • Refining the Question

    Page 64

  • Finding the Answer

    Page 65

  • Analysis of the Data

    Page 66

  • Call to Action: What’s Your Number?

    Page 66

  • Adoption Rates: Then and Now

    Page 67

• In Conclusion

  Page 67

• Further Resources

  Page 68

In an industry that communicates with terms such as "Browser Hell" and "browser wars," a web designer can be excused for having some anxiety over Microsoft's recent upgrade of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) to Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). Web designers should ask the following questions:

• What problems does IE6 possess and what fixes does IE7 provide?

• What part of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specification does IE7 for Windows support?

• How can web designers work around any problems that exist within IE7's support for CSS?

• While web designers are testing their designs on the latest browser, how fast will IE7 be adopted by their client's audience?

This Short Cut attempts to answer these questions to allow web designers a smoother transition to IE7 and, hopefully, an escape from Browser Hell.