Re: [LUG] IE8 borked?

[Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8 Jun, 2011, at 9:19 pm, Joe Buckle wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:45 +0100, tom wrote:
> > Just been writing a bit of javascript and it looks like IE8 is  
> > screwed:
> >
> > var elem=document.createElement("input");
> > elem.attribute.type="text";
> >
> > seems to work on most browsers but not IE8
> >
> > cant prove for certain ie8 is 'wrong' but it looks like it..
> > Tom te tom te tom
>
> What is it you're trying to do by doing this? Are you trying to add  
> text
> fields on demand on the client side with a button onclick event? Or  
> just
> trying to produce elements dynamically using javascript? ]
>
> elem.attribute.type="text";
>
> is more likely to read something like
>
> documnent.getAttribute("type", "text");
>
> Again this depends one what you're trying to do.


Without knowing anything about what you're trying to achieve, it's  
poor ux to have controls/widgets appear and disappear. Rather have  
them visible but disabled, and then dynamically enable them according  
to program logic, or else use some kind of workflow/wizard/tabs. Or,  
as so often, throw it away, start again, and use your second design --  
it's almost always loads better.

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