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March 25, 2008
IE8 Adaptive Zoom
IE8 Adaptive Zoom: This doesn't seem like it will have a major impact on existing websites, but may be handy to be aware of ahead of time. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 offered a "zoom" feature which scaled up the existing page... you'd usually have to use scrollbars, as the old layout, magnified, exceeds the browser window bounds. In IE8 the magnification will be applied to individual page elements, and then the page content flows out in the normal fashion. Result: Each thing in the page will occupy more pixels, but will still be bound to the dimensions of the browser window. You might want to check pages to make sure individual elements don't get magnified enough to exceed window bounds, forcing scrolling to read bodytext. Summary: IE7 did layout-then-magnify; IE8 will do magnify-then-layout. This is one of those features that the W3C never specified, and I don't remember offhand how other browser brands change the page while resizing.
Posted by JohnDowdell at March 25, 2008 4:35 PM