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Older versions of Internet Explorer have limitations in CSS and HTML support. As Wikipedia advances with CSS3 and HTML5, support for these browsers will become more limited leaving older browsers unable to render a page as the editors intend. A number of specialized fixes for these older browsers are being removed as the MediaWiki software is being updated.

Where possible, users should upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 or higher or install Firefox, Google Chrome or other modern browser. We understand that some users do not have a choice, either by limitations of their system, corporate policy or compatibility with other software.

column-width

The CSS3 column-width property specifies the width of columns.

  • IE6, IE7, IE8, and IE9 will not show columns.
    • Issues: column-width property is only supported by IE10 and above
  • Usage: {{reflist}} for references; {{div col}} for multiple columns
  • Fix: none

<q>

<q>...</q> is used to mark a short quotation; CSS styles the content by placing it in quotes in a normal font.

  • IE6 and IE7 do not add the quotes and styles the content in italics.
    • Issues:
      • before and after pseudo-elements are not supported
      • q is not supported as a selector
  • Usage: <q> is used to format short works in Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2
  • Fix: To change the style to normal:
q {font-style: normal}