The Plugin does not work smoothly on IE7,8 about nivo-slider-jquery

I just wanted to say that I am noticing the same issue with IE 7/8.

[MatthewSchenker]

Hello,
I really like Nivo Slider! I'm using an implementation of this in my Joomla Web site. Everything works great -- Firefox, Safari, Chrome -- but the slider won't display in IE. Does anyone know what causes this problem?

[CraigReville]

Hello,

I am having exactly the same issue. It appears oin IE6 & 7, recent MS updates should have rectified this in IE8.

If you disable the plugin scripts the images will appear so it may be positioning issues or index issues.

As I will be working on this issue until I rectify it, I will keep everyone else with this issue updated and post a fix when I find one.

Either that or Gilbert will come back with a fix.

Regards

Craig Reville

[CraigReville]

After speaking to Gilbert Pellegrom it appears the issue is simply rectified.

Check the scripts used in the html code for the following:

$(window).load(function() {
$('#slider').nivoSlider({
effect:'fold', //Specify sets like: 'fold,fade,sliceDown'
});
});

Right after fold you see the ,

Remove it so your code looks like:

$(window).load(function() {
$('#slider').nivoSlider({
effect:'fold' //Specify sets like: 'fold,fade,sliceDown'
});
});

That should now appear in IE7

Regards

Craig

[carlus]

thanks but It doesn't solve the problem in my case. What more can I try?

[jconnoll]

I absolutely love this plugin. It worked fine in my IE7 and IE8, so I spent the time setting it up. I have a client who is saying the fade is very slow. One other person has verified this as well, but others can see it fast. It works very smoothly on my 2 PC's.

Are there ways we can make this smoother, using less overhead? I only need the fade transition. I don't need the plugin to break my images into pieces, is there a way I can turn that off? Thanks.

[CraigReville]

@carlus I have looked into the issue but once fixing the code in the manner described above I cannot replicate the issue ..... however I have uploaded a free downloadable template which contains the nivo slider which I know works across all platforms.

You could try downloading the template and copying the codes over into your design - http://cl.ly/858205beda39eb480d5a

@jconnoll Like most scripts it runs using resources available so if the user is using large programs and perhaps downloading a large file (or their computer is seriously old and slow) then that will dramatically slow the transition.

However I will see if I can strip the entire code down to just the fade for you,

Regards

Craig

[jconnoll]

The clients that were having trouble with slowness are running IE8 with compatibility mode on. I just found that out as well. Thanks!

[CraigReville]

@jconnoll Thanks for the update,

It might contribute to the slowness (not by much though), IE8 switches emulators to reproduce what IE7 would normally display when compatibility mode is used but we'll get the code stripped down any ways, could come in handy for others as well.

Regards

Craig

[CraigReville]

@jconnoll, It appears that stripping it down doesn't actually remove much weight from the JavaScript file. Don't think it will make too much of a difference but here is the link for the file.

This file contains only the fade function with typical nav abilities

http://cl.ly/7fe0e59e2105f8d0a12f

[jconnoll]

Thanks very much, I will try this!

[CraigReville]

The links broke,

Here is the updated link for the stripped js file - http://cl.ly/2Emt

Here is the updated link to the template with working IE slider - http://cl.ly/2FBO

[archmad]

When i first see Nivo, love it. When client complained about the speed in IE 8, especially with dropdown menu, sucks. Some say it's because of IE 8, well, I used sliders and dropdowns before and they all working well in IE 8. I just wish this will be fixed, and also easier to apply cufon fonts as captions. Thanks.