[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18487: Unable to bookmark "Press This" in Internet Explorer 8

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#18487: Unable to bookmark "Press This" in Internet Explorer 8
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 Reporter:  evarlese      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.2.2
Component:  Press This    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Changes (by dllh):

 * cc: daryl@… (added)
 * keywords:   => has-patch


Comment:

 It appears that IE8 doesn't support draggable bookmarklets. I found a few
 bits online suggesting as much, and testing with a very simple bookmarklet
 (to rule out the possibility of something within this particular
 bookmarklet being a problem) supports this diagnosis.

 A workaround might be to do for MSIE what we do for Webkit browsers --
 showing on context click the bookmarklet script and some instructions for
 pasting into a new bookmark in the bookmark manager. The attached patch
 adds such a workaround very broadly (any MSIE user agent, which for the
 time being is probably ok given that bookmarklet dragging is also hosed in
 IE9).

 Improvements would include version-specific display and perhaps more
 specific instructions per browser. I'll hold off on such implementations
 pending ratification of the general approach, though (maybe my proposed
 workaround is dumb).

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