IE8 doesn't support anything useful

[attilaolah]

Hi,

I just downloaded /! WOW - v1.0.1 - 2014-08-15/
and ran the demo ie8 with saucelabs and get an error with ie8.

http://mtc2.taichungdesigner.com/WOW-master/demo.html

Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 320
Char: 9
Code: 0
URI: http://mtc2.taichungdesigner.com/WOW-master/dist/wow.js

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Robert

[iamrobert]

If you wrap the initialize script the bug disappears:

<!--[if gt IE 8]><!-->
<script>
new WOW().init();  
</script>
<!--<![endif]-->

[attilaolah]

This is because IE8 doesn't support window.getComputedStyle. We could look for a shim/replacement I guess.

[attilaolah]

This answer on StackOverflow or this shim could be useful.

[attilaolah]

@iamrobert, please try this fix, if it works for you, I'll release a new version.

[iamrobert]

@attilaolah - thanks however now I am getting a different webpage error:

Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 163
Char: 11
Code: 0
URI: http://mtc2.taichungdesigner.com/WOW-master/dist/wow.js

This line:

window.addEventListener('scroll', this.scrollHandler, false);

[attilaolah]

@iamrobert please see #113.

[iamrobert]

@attilaolah - still showing:

Webpage error details
Message: 'innerHeight' is undefined
Line: 426
Char: 7
Code: 0
URI: http://mtc2.taichungdesigner.com/WOW-master/dist/wow.js

[attilaolah]

💩 this is endless, is anything supported by IE8‽

[attilaolah]

@iamrobert 82f1996 should have fixed that last issue, can you please retry again?

[iamrobert]

Thanks for trying and there are now no bugs - however the screen is totally blank.

So - I am thinking of using conditional comments for the initialize might be a better bet or css to specifically target ie8.