[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-10-08 Thread Kevin Dalman
@Dave > If this problem has a good fix, it should be fixed. There are several > cases that will break differently in IE when this proposed fix is > applied. It's not achieving consistent cross-browser behavior. There > may be a solution out there still, and if someone has one they should > post it

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-30 Thread Dave Methvin
> I'm not sure why this 'fix' should be added to fadeOut? It seems most > applicable to fadeIn and fadeTo. Whoops, right. So the problem would be that in IE only, .fadeTo ("slow", 1) makes the element completely visible and then pops to 50% opacity based on the stylesheet when the element's filte

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-30 Thread Kevin Dalman
@Dave > > with the "fix", fades out but then pops to 50% opacity I'm not sure why this 'fix' should be added to fadeOut? It seems most applicable to fadeIn and fadeTo. But whatever the case, a little extra code could handle edge-cases -- something like... if (jQuery.browser.msie && $(this).c

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-29 Thread Dave Methvin
> This is a nice simple solution to a common cross-browser issue, so > wouldn't it be reasonable for this to be added to the standard jQuery > animate method? The extra size is minimal. That solution assumes no opacity was specified in a stylesheet. #glory { opacity: 0.5; filter: alpha(o

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-29 Thread daves_essay
Although it is not the most elegant of solutions, I found that adding position:relative to the element in question preserved the smoothness of the div's content when using fadeTo. Hope this helps. Ben On Sep 26, 12:56 am, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" wrote: > I have content that loads in

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-28 Thread ryan.j
deprecating the UA interrogation was a bad move imo, simply because sometimes you legitimately want to know what browser somebody is running, rather than whether it has support for feature-x. it takes 5 mins to write a function to find the browser/os/whatever (and five seconds to copy/paste one yo

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-27 Thread Kevin Dalman
If browser-detection can't be used, then subsititute code to detect the "filter" attribute instead. The exact syntax is not important... I believe jQuery SHOULD handle this cross-browser animation issue because it is common to the majority of users. It is clearly a deficiency when jQuery's own co

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-27 Thread ryan.j
browser sniffing is already deprecated in favour of feature sniffing, it's unlikely code using it will be added. On Sep 27, 5:13 am, Kevin Dalman wrote: > @Rick > > > > > if (jQuery.browser.msie) > >     this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); > > This is a nice simple solution to a common cross-b

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-26 Thread Kevin Dalman
@Rick > > if (jQuery.browser.msie) > this.style.removeAttribute('filter'); This is a nice simple solution to a common cross-browser issue, so wouldn't it be reasonable for this to be added to the standard jQuery animate method? The extra size is minimal. /Kevin On Sep 25, 5:17 pm, "Rick Fai

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-26 Thread Rick Faircloth
Much appreciated, Mike! It's been of tremendous benefit! Rick -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Alsup Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:26 AM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-26 Thread Mike Alsup
On Sep 25, 8:17 pm, "Rick Faircloth" wrote: > I include a reference to a file with this jQuery code in every page to solve > that problem, Dave. > > Best solution I've found so far. I got it from someone, somewhere, but don't > remember who. http://www.malsup.com/jquery/fadetest.html

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-26 Thread Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
(English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE What happens if you set a solid background-color to the element that holds the text? On Sep 25, 3:08 pm, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" wrote: > Thanks, > > Will give it a shot. > > Dave > >   _ >

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-25 Thread James
.com] > Sent: September-25-09 9:48 PM > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE > > I include a reference to a file with this jQuery code in every page to solve > that problem, Dave. > > Best solution I've found so far. I

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-25 Thread Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
Thanks, Will give it a shot. Dave _ From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:r...@whitestonemedia.com] Sent: September-25-09 9:48 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE I include a reference to a file with this jQuery code in every page to solve

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-25 Thread Rick Faircloth
to:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Geary Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:07 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE Make sure the text opacity is 100%. Don't fade it in. IE renders non-antialiased text when opacity is less than 100

[jQuery] Re: Prevent jagged text in IE

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Geary
Make sure the text opacity is 100%. Don't fade it in. IE renders non-antialiased text when opacity is less than 100%. If that's not it, post a link to a test page. -Mike On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com < d...@widepixels.com> wrote: > I have content that loads in