Being a Mac user, I’m spoiled with Safari and Firefox, and happily assume that the rest of the world has it so good.
A kind reader wrote in to let me know that the sidebar isn’t showing up on Internet Explorer 6 or 7 for Windows. This means readers stuck with IE (at work, for example), aren’t seeing the search box, or any of the sections.
I’ve been willing to accept that the brad logo looks shitty on Windows (a .png issue). But lack of navigation?
This will not do.
I’ve poked around a bit, and tried the usual “make-it-validate” tricks, but haven’t cracked it. And I wouldn’t know if I did, since I don’t have a PC to test it on.
So if you’re a web-geeky reader with access to IE and some free time, and feel like pulling the source of this page to figure out why IE isn’t handling it as expected, I’d love to know. You’ll get a big shout-out from me, and good karma to boot.
__UPDATE:__ A big thanks to Matthew Pennell and Andy for their suggestions. If you’re reading this on IE, please let me know if the changes so far have fixed the situation.
__UPDATE #2:__ Here’s where we stand. Apparently, the sidebar now loads properly on IE 6 and 7 beta. I’ve set it so the brad logo doesn’t even show up on IE 6 (it was part of the problem), but appears normally on IE 7 beta.
Please let me know if this is not the case. And thanks to all of you for your help.