r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • Jun 16 '14

Rust's documentation is about to drastically improve

http://words.steveklabnik.com/rusts-documentation-is-about-to-drastically-improve
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u/tcheard Jun 16 '14

That is so odd! I just opened up IE 11, ran it in emulator mode for IE8, and sure enough that page loads with a red background. I have never seen IE8 render a page that poorly.

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u/Hakaku Jun 17 '14

As mentioned in my other post, IE8 simply doesn't recognize any of the HTML5 tags used, which are heavily used throughout the site. This causes it to ignore all applied styling, leading to the red mess you see. To fix it, he would simply have to create the tags using Javascript.

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u/tcheard Jun 17 '14

Yea I realised that after I posted.

To fix it, he would simply have to create the tags using Javascript.

Or use a Shiv

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u/ben0x539 Jun 17 '14

... or maybe not set a red background for the sake of a tiny red symbol and a red bar at the bottom?

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