Workaround for C2 games on IE8 and earlier...

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sanjibnanda

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Hi guys,

Even though Internet Explorer 8 does not support HTML5 elements or Canvas natively, there seem to be a few API's that will make C2 games run on IE8 and earlier browsers:
- ExplorerCanvas: http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/
- FlashCanvas: http://flashcanvas.net/
- Google Chrome Frame: http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/
Has anyone tried using these to get their games working on IE8?

Even though not much is expected on performance, will these work on very simple games?

I will start to test these, but if anyone has tried them it would be of great help!
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Apparently Google Chrome Frame works nice.
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Thanks sqiddster, i will give it a test run...
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I believe only Google Chrome Frame will actually work. Our engine assumes various features of the IE9+ browser generation are present, and so you'll probably still run in to javascript errors and such using ExplorerCanvas or FlashCanvas. Since Chrome Frame gives you the full up-to-date Chrome browser in IE, it should work fine and with best performance.