[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22044: Twenty Twelve: Support Media Queries on IE7/8 (don't use mobile menu)

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#22044: Twenty Twelve: Support Media Queries on IE7/8 (don't use mobile menu)
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 Reporter:  bpetty         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 Replying to [comment:14 Ov3rfly]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 bpetty]:
 > > Anyway, the point is that you can still do anything and everything
 @import does without actually using @import inside child themes.
 >
 > All child themes I ever saw use @import for parent style.css as
 explained in
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#Example_of_a_basic_Child_Theme
 Codex].
 >
 > That's why the use of ''respond.js'' is no solution to the IE7/8 menu
 problem.

 It's a new theme, not an upgrade to Twenty Eleven, so there are almost
 zero child themes for this change to even break. There might be a few
 child themes created in the last couple days based on a download from the
 theme repository, and even then, adding this patch won't actually break
 any of them that aren't already broken, it just might not actually fix
 this bug if they are using @import. It won't break @import though.

 I agree that it's a hack, and I don't like it anymore than you do. As I
 pointed out when I opened the ticket, this is a last resort since the
 appropriate fix (that you agree is the appropriate fix) of re-organizing
 the media query styles is impossible at this point. It would require a new
 round of testing past the time it would take to actually get it re-
 organized that would have to push it back to being released with WordPress
 3.6. That's not going to happen.

 There is nothing else we can do at this point except make use of the
 Respond.js hack to get this fixed for IE8. It's either that, or nothing.

 > It's just a bad hack which will cause even more bad hacks, as writing
 real-world compatible child themes for Twenty Twelve will not be possible
 and everybody will have to directly edit the main Twenty Twelve to include
 their styles and code. This will cause a lot of confusion and probably
 messed up and buggy themes with bad user experience.

 No, no-one will have to touch Twenty Twelve at all. The addition of
 Respond.js won't change that at all, and yes, even with this, the
 recommended way of making modifications to a theme is still to use a child
 theme.

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